sulphate

Other forms: sulphates

Definitions of sulphate

1. noun

   a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
   synonyms: sulfate

   types:

   barium sulfate, barium sulphate, blanc fixe

   a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment

   copper sulfate, copper sulphate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate

   a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide

   magnesium sulfate

   a salt of magnesium

   SLS, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulphate

   a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed

   sodium sulfate, sodium sulphate

   a solid white bitter salt used in manufacturing glass and paper and dyes and pharmaceuticals

   white vitriol, zinc sulfate, zinc sulphate, zinc vitriol

   a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc

   blue copperas, blue stone, blue vitriol, chalcanthite

   hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate

   Epsom salts, bitter salts

   hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures

   type of:

   salt

   a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)