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Definition of Sulphur hexafluoride
1. Noun. A colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical utility industry.
Definition of Sulphur hexafluoride
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sulfur hexafluoride) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphur Hexafluoride
Literary usage of Sulphur hexafluoride
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kyoto Protocol & Its Economic Implications: Congressional Hearing edited by Dan Schaefer (2000)
"... (PFCs) sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) Sectors/source categories Energy Fuel
combustion Energy industries Manufacturing industries and construction Transport ..."
2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1920)
"Sulphur burns in fluorine at the ordinary temperature, forming a gaseous product
consisting of a mixture of sulphur hexafluoride with smaller quantities of ..."
3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, Harold Govett Colman, Arthur Harden (1905)
"Sulphur burns in fluorine at the ordinary temperature, forming a gaseous product
consisting of a mixture of sulphur hexafluoride with smaller quantities of ..."
4. Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry by Alexander Smith (1917)
"Moissan prepared sulphur hexafluoride SFe, which is a gas at room temperature (b.-p.
—50°). Unlike the chloride, it is not hydrolyzed by water. ..."
5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman, Hermon Charles Cooper (1911)
"Moreover, sodium can be fused in sulphur hexafluoride without losing its metallic
surface, the gas not being attacked by the metal till the boiling- point ..."
6. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"... to encourage technical research PRUG Rector Plan for Use and Management RBA
River Basin Authority SF6 sulphur hexafluoride SASEMAR Spanish Marine Rescue ..."
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