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zinc sulphate

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  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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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

In “cold galvanizing” the zinc is deposited electrolytically from a bath, preferably kept neutral or slightly acid, containing a 10% solution of crystallized zinc sulphate, ZnSO4�7H2O.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

When sulphuric acid is used a substance called zinc sulphate, having the composition represented by the formula ZnSO4, is formed together with hydrogen.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

The resulting compound contains zinc, sulphur, and oxygen, and is known as zinc sulphate.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

The two fixing agents here named have been found to be the best, although others, as, for instance, zinc sulphate, chromium fluoride and iron sulphate have been tried.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

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