sulfate
pronunciation
How to pronounce sulfate in British English:
UK [ˈsʌlˌfeɪt]
How to pronounce sulfate in American English:
US [ˈsʌlˌfet]
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- Noun:
- a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
Word Origin
- sulfate (n.)
- salt of sulfuric acid, 1790 (sulphat), from French sulphate (1787), from Modern Latin sulphatum acidum, from Latin sulpur, sulphur (see sulfur) + chemical ending -ate (3). The spelling with -ph- is standard in Britain.
Example
- 1. Those suds you see when you brush your teeth are from detergents like sodium lauryl sulfate .
- 2. A lot of folks mix their nitro with cotton and add epsom salts as a sulfate .
- 3. This conclusion stems from the spacecraft 's discovery of sulfate minerals , whose formation requires a vast amount of surface water .
- 4. Land and surface temperature from the berkeley earth average , compared to a linear combination of volcanic sulfate emissions and co2 emissions .
- 5. Taking inspiration from nature , some scientists have begun studying whether a man-made injection of such sulfate aerosols might stave off the worst of global warming .