fuming sulphuric acid
noun
a mixture of pyrosulphuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 7, and other condensed acids, made by dissolving sulphur trioxide in concentrated sulphuric acid: Also called: oleum, Nordhausen acid (ˈnɔːdhaʊzən)
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How to use fuming sulphuric acid in a sentence
An excess of the trioxide may dissolve in the strong sulphuric acid, forming what is known as fuming sulphuric acid.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPhersonThis much is known, that the color and odor are removed by fuming sulphuric acid.
Schrter has made similar investigations on the action of strongly fuming sulphuric acid on acetylene.
Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use | F. H. Leeds
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