sulfuric

Describes battery acid

Sulfuric describes something containing or derived from sulfur, most commonly in *sulfuric acid*—a highly corrosive industrial chemical used in batteries, fertilizers, and manufacturing.

The word appears almost exclusively in chemical contexts: sulfuric compounds, sulfuric fumes.

Figuratively rare, though acrid or burning qualities might be called sulfuric.

chemical

acid

Low-pH chemical compound

oxidation · compound · pH · neutralization · molarity · titration · precipitate · catalyst · synthesis · hydrate

industrial

battery

Portable electricity storage

petrochemical · smelting · metallurgy · steel · phosphate · detergent · explosives · anodizing · galvanizing · pickling

volcanic

fumarole

Volcanic gas vent

magmatic · vent · emissions · gases · caldera · hydrothermal

Categories
Opposites
acid type

sulfurichydrochloric

Describing HCl solutions

nitric · phosphoric · hydrofluoric · acetic · carbonic

acid-base chemistry

sulfuricalkaline

Having high pH

basic · caustic · hydroxide · lye · sodium hydroxide

Phrases
Family

sulfur, sulfurous, sulfurs, sulfured, sulfuric acid, sulfurization, sulfur dioxide, sulfurized

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G