zinc sulfate

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO4⋅7H2O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.

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Also called white vitriol, zinc vitriol.

Origin of zinc sulfate

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby zinc sulfate

zinc ointment, zincous, zinc oxide, zinc phosphide, zinc stearate, zinc sulfate, zinc sulfide, zinc sulphate, zinc white, zindabad, Zinder

How to use zinc sulfate in a sentence

The more than 50,000 who reside in West Point live mostly in shacks made of zinc with rusted tin roofs.
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Excess calcium causing zinc and iron deficiency offers just one simple illustration of this kind of interaction.
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Magnesium sulfate has been around since 1906 and has since been proven to be a superior medication.
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And many are packed with nutrients like zinc, iron, and calcium.
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It is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.
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The goldfields of Australia are historic, and the silver, lead and zinc mines of Broken Hill deserve particular mention.
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I am now taking, twice a day, the flowers of zinc, from which I hope to be soon right again.
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If the zinc sulphide were not the less soluble, it would be rapidly converted into the black ferrous sulphide.
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It is a comparatively easy matter to determine the relative solubility of zinc and ferrous sulphides.
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Scientific definitions for zinc sulfate

zinc sulfate

A colorless crystalline compound used especially in hydrated form as an emetic and astringent, as a fungicide, and in wood and skin preservatives. Chemical formula: ZnSO4.