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sulphates of iron

sulphates of iron is the plural 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

Questions about sulphates of iron

What is sulphates of iron the plural of?
Sulphates of iron is the plural of sulphate of iron.

Words near sulphates of iron in the dictionary

  1. sulphate of iron
  2. sulphate of magnesia
  3. sulphate of soda
  4. sulphated
  5. sulphates
  6. sulphates of iron
  7. sulphathiazole
  8. sulphathiazoles
  9. sulphatian
  10. sulphatic
  11. sulphatide

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