sulfuric acid

English

Alternative forms

• sulphuric acid (UK)

Pronunciation

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Noun

sulfuric acid (countable and uncountable, plural sulfuric acids)

1. (American spelling, inorganic chemistry) A transparent, oily liquid, formula H₂SO₄, that is a strong acid with many industrial applications.

   Synonym: E513 (when used a food additive)

Derived terms

• chlorhydrosulfuric acid
• chlorhydrosulphuric acid
• chlorosulfuric acid
• chlorosulphuric acid
• chrome-sulfuric acid
• disulfuric acid
• disulphuric acid
• fluorosulfuric acid
• fluorosulphuric acid
• fuming sulfuric acid
• fuming sulphuric acid
• hyposulfuric acid
• hyposulphuric acid
• nitrosylsulfuric acid
• nitrosylsulphuric acid
• peroxydisulfuric acid
• peroxydisulphuric acid
• peroxymonosulfuric acid
• peroxymonosulphuric acid
• pyrosulphuric acid
• thiosulfuric acid
• thiosulphuric acid

Related terms

• oleum
• sulfate
• sulphate

Translations

H2SO4

• Armenian: ծծմբական թթու (ccmbakan tʻtʻu)
• Catalan: àcid sulfúric m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硫酸 (zh) (liúsuān)

• Czech: kyselina sírová (cs) f
• Danish: svovlsyre (da)
• Dutch: zwavelzuur (nl) n
• Estonian: väävelhape
• Faroese: svávulsýra f
• Finnish: rikkihappo (fi)
• French: acide sulfurique (fr) m
• Georgian: გოგირდმჟავა (gogirdmžava)
• German: Schwefelsäure (de) f
• Greek: θειικό οξύ (el) n (theiikó oxý)
• Gujarati: ગંધકામ્લ (gandhkāmla)
• Hindi: गंधकाम्ल (hi) (gandhkāmla)
• Hungarian: kénsav (hu)
• Icelandic: brennisteinssýra (is) f
• Ido: sulfatacido
• Indonesian: asam sulfat
• Italian: acido solforico (it) m
• Japanese: 硫酸 (ja) (りゅうさん, ryūsan)
• Javanese: asem sulfat
• Khmer: អាស៊ីតស៊ុលផួរិច (ʼaasiit sulphuərɨc)
• Korean: 황산(黃酸) (ko) (hwangsan), 류산(硫酸) (ko) (ryusan) (North Korea)
• Latvian: sērskābe f
• Low German: swefelsüür
• Macedonian: сулфурна киселина f (sulfurna kiselina)
• Māori: waikawa pungatara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svovelsyre m or f

  Nynorsk: svovelsyre f

• Polish: kwas siarkowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: ácido sulfúrico m
• Romanian: acid sulfuric (ro) m
• Russian: се́рная кислота́ (ru) f (sérnaja kislotá)
• Slovak: kyselina sírová f
• Slovene: žveplova kislina f
• Spanish: ácido sulfúrico m
• Swedish: svavelsyra (sv) c
• Turkish: sülfürik asit (tr)
• Vietnamese: axit sunfuric
• Zhuang: liuzsonh

Further reading

• sulfuric acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia