disulfuric

Or di·sul·phu·ric

[dahy-suhl-fyoor-ik]

adjective

Chemistry.

1. pyrosulfuric.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disulfuric¹

First recorded in 1870–75; di- ¹ + sulfuric

Example Sentences

Fats can be artificially synthetized by heating mixtures of glycerol and fatty acids, under considerable pressure, for some time at temperatures of 200° to 240° C.; or by heating a mixture of the disulfuric ester of glycerol with a fatty acid dissolved in sulfuric acid.

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