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desulphurize

British  
/ diːˈsʌlfjʊˌraɪz /

verb

  1. to free or become free from sulphur

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Other Word Forms

  • desulphurization noun
  • desulphurizer noun

Example Sentences

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As to the copper, we suggest that it would desulphurize part of the antimony and thus free some of that metal to collect the gold.

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Very much depends in the mountain territories upon the success of experiments, now in operation, with the various new desulphurizing processes.

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The calcination of an ore is a work occupying a good deal of time, and, in most cases, it is better to take advantage of the desulphurizing power of red lead or nitre.

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If sulphureted pig iron, poor in manganese, is added in a fluid condition to manganiferous molten pig iron, poor in sulphur, the metal is desulphurized, and a manganese sulphide slag is formed.

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In fact, in the later descriptions of the process, iron is used in this melting, and we are under the impression that Agricola had omitted this item for a desulphurizing reagent.

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