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- noun Alternative spelling of
H₂SO₄ .
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Examples
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It is produced by reacting sulfuric acid and calcium fluoride in a heated environment: CaF2 (s) + H2SO4 (l) 2 HF (g) + CaSO4 (s) .22
Hydrofluoric Acid 2010
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I distilled HF from CaF2 + H2SO4 in plastic apparatus and was delighted to see its ability to etch glass.
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I've seen multiple variants of the H2SO4 rhyme, with different names attached.
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In re the H2SO4 rhyme, I've always heard and my children often recite a different variant:
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If the kids had volunteered to drink H2SO4, would that be okay?
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Most wet acid deposition forms when nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) are converted to nitric acid (HNO3) and sulfuric acid (H2SO4) through oxidation and dissolution.
Acid rain 2010
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The SO2 rains down over the oceans as H2SO4, therefore completly settling the acidification question.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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Me: Well actually, I was meant to write H2SO4 but made a mistake.
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Actually, my H2SO4 is directed not so much towards Filkin who is doing his job and “following orders”, and who probably really does help little old ladies to cross the street, but rather to “Die Wanze”, who has a lies and deception “rap sheet” as long as my arm.
Trados ad = tempest in a teapot « Musings from an overworked translator 2009
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HCl and HF will dissolve in water and fall as acid rain whereas most SO2 is slowly converted to sulphuric acid (H2SO4) aerosols.
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