What is another word for sulphuretted?

Pronunciation: [sˈʌlfjʊɹɪtɪd] (IPA)

Sulphuretted is a word that is commonly associated with the odour of rotten eggs. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to describe the same thing. One of the most common is hydrogen sulfide, which is the chemical compound that gives the gas its characteristic smell. Other synonyms include sulfur dioxide, which is a gas that is produced when sulfur is burned and sulfuric acid, which is a strong acid that is commonly used in industrial applications. Additionally, the term sulfurous can also be used to describe the smell of sulphuretted gases. Regardless of the specific synonym used, these substances are all associated with a pungent and unpleasant odour that is widely recognized.

What are the hypernyms for Sulphuretted?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Sulphuretted

Thus a mere trace of sulphuretted hydrogen or hydrocyanic acid will paralyse the action of a colloidal metal, just as it does that of a ferment.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc
For the simple reason that the vapours escaping from some of them are so strongly impregnated with hydrochloric, sulphurous, and sulphuric acid gases, as well as with sulphuretted hydrogen, as to compel one to believe that chemical action plays a not unimportant part in the production of the phenomena there witnessed.
"A Girl's Ride in Iceland"
Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
That the smell of the acid vapours and sulphuretted hydrogen, as well as the mineral matters dissolved and suspended in the ejected waters, are proof positive of chemical activity, he will entirely fail to perceive the value of my remarks regarding the cause of a geyser's action being not only spasmodic but periodic.
"A Girl's Ride in Iceland"
Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie

Famous quotes with Sulphuretted

  • Berthollet's conclusion that chlorine is oxymuriatic acid was universally accepted until Gay-Lussac and Thénard in 1809 endeavoured to decompose the gas and failed. They concluded that it contained water because it yielded water when passed over litharge. Their researches read to the Institute in 1809 led Davy to investigate muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid) gas, which in 1808 he had shown to be decomposed by potassium, with evolution of hydrogen. In 1810 he proved that chlorine is an element, and that muriatic acid gas is a compound of chlorine and hydrogen. He thus overturned the oxygen-acid theory, and demonstrated that muriates are compounds of metals with chlorine. He pointed to the fact that some acids, such as sulphuretted hydrogen, contain no oxygen, and argued that muriatic acid gas was one of these, chlorine in it taking the place of oxygen. ...The conclusions of Davy were at first doubted, but when iodine and bromine were also discovered, Gay-Lussac and his followers adopted Davy's views. The latter worked out fluorine, and proved that hydrofluoric acid (HF) contains no oxygen. Berzelius also opposed Davy until the discovery of iodine, but embraced the latter's opinion in 1820.
    Humphry Davy

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