sulphate

/ ˈsʌlfeɪt /

noun

any salt or ester of sulphuric acid, such as sodium sulphate, Na 2 SO 4 , sodium hydrogen sulphate, or diethyl sulphate, (C 2 H 5 ) 2 SO 4
slang.
amphetamine sulphate Often shortened tosulph

tr to treat with a sulphate or convert into a sulphate
to undergo or cause to undergo the formation of a layer of lead sulphate on the plates of an accumulator

C18: from New Latin sulfātum; see sulphur

Or maybe he would just send round The Sulphate Strangler to do the dirty for him.

By far the most important of the conjugate sulphates and representative of the group is potassium indoxyl sulphate.

Is spring water fit for washing the iodized paper; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate of lime or muriate of soda?

Sulphate of Magnesia can be obtained at a low cost, and has been used as a manure in some instances with very marked success.

It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.

Addition of alcohol caused complete precipitation of potassium sulphate.

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