- sulfur etc.
- US var. of SULPHUR etc.
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sulfur etc.
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sulfur etc. — noun US spelling of sulphur etc … English new terms dictionary
Sulfur mustard — Sulfur mustard … Wikipedia
sulfur — [sul′fər] n. [ME sulphur < L] 1. a pale yellow, nonmetallic chemical element found in crystalline or amorphous form: it burns with a blue flame and a stifling odor and is used in vulcanizing rubber and in making matches, paper, gunpowder,… … English World dictionary
sulfur dioxide — n. a heavy, colorless, suffocating gas, SO2, easily liquefied and used as a bleach, disinfectant, preservative, etc … English World dictionary
sulfur — /sul feuhr/, n. 1. Also, esp. Brit., sulphur. Chem. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used esp. in making… … Universalium
sulfur- — ⇒SULF(A) , SULF(O) , SULFUR(I) , (SULF , SULFA , SULFO , SULFUR , SULFURI )élém. formants Élém. tirés du lat. sulfur « soufre », sulfur étant gén. réduit à sulf en raison de la valeur de suff. chim. donné à ure par Lavoisier et les aut. de la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
sulfur-35 — A radioactive sulfur isotope; a beta emitter with a half life of 87.2 days; used as a tracer in the study of metabolism of cysteine, cystine, methionine, etc.; also used to estimate, with labeled … Medical dictionary
Allotropes of sulfur — There are a large number of allotropes of sulfur. In this respect, sulfur is second only to carbon.[1] The most common form found in nature is yellow orthorhombic α sulfur, which contains puckered rings of S8.[1] Chemistry students may have seen… … Wikipedia
Ultra-low sulfur diesel — (ULSD) (also spelled “sulphur”) is a term used to describe a standard for defining diesel fuel with substantially lowered sulfur contents. As of 2006, almost all of the petroleum based diesel fuel available in Europe and North America is of a… … Wikipedia
Ultra-low-sulfur diesel — (ULSD, also spelled “sulphur” in British English) is a term used to describe diesel fuel with substantially lowered sulfur content. As of 2006, almost all of the petroleum based diesel fuel available in Europe and North America is of a ULSD type … Wikipedia
