"Vitriol" is a word in ENGLISH
Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called
because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric
acid, under Sulphuric.
A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron,
zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.
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A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and …
Read the complete definitionA sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently …
Read the complete definitionA valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion …
Read the complete definitionA binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.
Read the complete definitionA light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric …
Read the complete definitionA colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated …
Read the complete definitionA substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. …
Read the complete definitionLiver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with …
Read the complete definitionA nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis …
Read the complete definitionAny one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place …
Read the complete definitionA liquid appearing like a heavy oil, colorless or yellowish, and consisting of a mixture of several glycerin salts of …
Read the complete definitionthe radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to an acid now called sulphovinic, / ethyl sulphuric, acid.
Read the complete definitionThe native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- …
Read the complete definitionA sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; -- …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.
Read the complete definitionA metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or designating, an acid called also disulphuric acid) obtained by distillation of certain sulphates, as a colorless, thick, …
Read the complete definitionA sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called …
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