sulphuric

Battery acid descriptor

Sulphuric is the British spelling of sulfuric, meaning of or containing sulfur.

Sulphuric acid is a highly corrosive industrial chemical used in manufacturing fertilizers, chemicals, and batteries.

The spelling with -ph- reflects the word's Greek origins but has largely given way to -f- in scientific and American usage.

odor

pungent

Sharply strong-smelling

choking · sulfurous · fumes · irritating · sharp · harsh · overpowering · suffocating · eye-watering · toxic

corrosive

acid

Low-pH chemical compound

vitriolic · erosive · corroding · destructive · oxidizing · acidic · scarring · leaching · mordant · disintegrative

industrial

battery

Portable electricity storage

chemical · smelting · metallurgy · galvanizing · plating · anodizing · petroleum · processing · synthetic · phosphate

volcanic

fumarole

Volcanic gas vent

  • geyserErupting thermal vent
  • craterImpact or volcanic basin
  • ventOpening for airflow

hydrothermal · geothermal · emission · degassing · magmatic

Opposites
pH/ACIDITY

sulphuricalkaline

Having high pH

basic · caustic · alkali · base · neutral

elemental composition

sulphuricnitric

Nitrogen-containing, chemically speaking

hydrochloric · phosphoric · carbonic · acetic

Phrases
Family

sulphur, sulphurous, sulphurs, sulphurized, sulphured, sulphuring, sulphuric acid

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G