sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
A strong mineral acid with the formula H₂SO₄. Used in chemistry, industry, and occasionally in news reports about acid attacks.
Sulfuric acid is a very strong acid.
We need to be careful because we handle concentrated sulfuric acid in the experiment.
The man threw sulfuric acid on the victim.
We dissolved the metal with sulfuric acid in the experiment.
We soaked the sample in dilute sulfuric acid before observing it.
sulfation; sulphation