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sulfate of iron

sulfate of iron is the alternative form of sulphate of iron.

Meaning of sulphate of iron

Noun

sulphate of iron (countable and uncountable, plural sulphates of iron)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of iron sulphate, particularly iron(II) sulphate.
    • In the coal district of Ou-ma-too, a manufacture of sulphate of iron, or green vitriol, is established. A quantity of hepatic iron pyrites, mixed with an equal amount of coal, both being broken into small similar-sized fragments, is accumulated into a pyramidal form, and coated carefully over with...1800, George Newenham Wright et al., China..., page 65
    Synonyms:
    iron sulphate, particularly iron(II) sulphate

Forms of sulfate of iron

pluralsulfates of iron

Questions about sulfate of iron

What is sulfate of iron the alternative form of?
Sulfate of iron is the alternative form of sulphate of iron.

Words near sulfate of iron in the dictionary

  1. sulfatase
  2. sulfatases
  3. sulfatation
  4. sulfatations
  5. sulfate
  6. sulfate of iron
  7. sulfate of magnesia
  8. sulfate of soda
  9. sulfate process
  10. sulfate turpentine
  11. sulfated

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