sulphate
pronunciation
How to pronounce sulphate in British English:
UK [ˈsʌlfeɪt]
How to pronounce sulphate in American English:
US [ˈsʌlfeɪt]
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- Noun:
- a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
Word Origin
Example
- 1. This is done by adding sulphate to them .
- 2. Sulphate particles , meanwhile , survive only a few years in the atmosphere .
- 3. If it were engineered by intentionally putting sulphate into the stratosphere they would judge it to be deliberate .
- 4. For instance , he said , studies showed that putting sulphate aerosols into the atmosphere caused drying in vulnerable regions .
- 5. A 20km pipe designed to spray a shield of sulphate particles into the stratosphere could be deployed to mitigate the potentially devastating effects of climate change .