zinc sulphate

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noun

1. Also called: white vitriol, zinc vitriol. a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO 4

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zinc sulphate

The zinc sulphate spraying should be repeated for three consecutive days, then once every two weeks while danger of infantile paralysis prevails in the community.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, Professor MacDougal, by treating the germ-cells of the evening primrose with various solutions, such as sugar, zinc sulphate and calcium nitrate, has apparently succeeded in producing definite germinal mutations.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer

While the zinc is being dissolved to form zinc sulphate, hydrogen gas is liberated from the sulphuric acid.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Nehemiah Hawkins

The battery when working is apt to become dirty from the "creeping" of the copper and zinc sulphate solution.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

This test was a duplicate of No. 8 with the addition of 5% of zinc sulphate solution emulsified into the primer.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner

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