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ammonium sulphate

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noun

  1. a white soluble crystalline solid used mainly as a fertilizer and in water purification. Formula: (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He told Xinhua that the damaged factory has been producing ammonium sulphate, guanidine nitrate and nitro guanidine.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2012

The new process, by conducting the distillation of the coal at low temperature, sacrifices about half of the maximum obtainable illuminating gas, as well as ammonium sulphate.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the action of concentrated sulphuric acid it is transformed into chromium ammonium sulphate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

Add to each flask containing 20 c.c. solution, 2 c.c. of a sterile 2 per cent. solution of ammonium sulphate.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

The argument is strong, for the impoverishment of German soil has been such as to demand, theoretically, enormous tonnages of ammonium sulphate.

From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Lefebure, Victor

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