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- noun chemistry, dated
Sulphuric acid .
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- noun (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
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This term was coined by the 8th-century Alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan, the chemical's probable discoverer.
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milosrdenstvi commented on the word oil of vitriol
Sulphuric acid.
April 9, 2010