Definition of Sulphurising

1. sulphurise [v] - See also: sulphurise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphurising

sulphurets
sulphurette
sulphuretted
sulphuretted hydrogen
sulphuretum
sulphuretums
sulphurian
sulphuric
sulphuric acid
sulphuriferous
sulphurine
sulphuring
sulphurise
sulphurised
sulphurises
sulphurising (current term)
sulphurity
sulphurization
sulphurizations
sulphurize
sulphurless
sulphurlike
sulphurous
sulphurous acid
sulphurously
sulphurs
sulphurtransferase
sulphurtransferases
sulphurwort
sulphurworts

Literary usage of Sulphurising

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell, William Crookes (1888)
"CINNABAR is decomposed by many of the metals, and i- a better sulphurising agent than sulphur itself, as it is less volatile. 3. GALENA. ..."

2. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"sulphurising REAGENTS. 1. Sulphur. 2. Cinnabar, or sulphide of mercury. 3. Galena. 4. Sulphide of antimony. 5. Iron pyrites. 6. ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"These substances almost certainly contain the original azine ring intact, the result of sulphurising being the introduction of mercaptan groups (readily ..."

4. The Chemistry of Wine by Gerrit Jan Mulder, Bence Jones (1857)
"sulphurising. acid hinders fermentation by combining with the albuminous substances ... sulphurising is effected by burning sulphur in bottles or casks, ..."

5. The Chemistry of Wine by Gerrit Jan Mulder, Bence Jones (1857)
"sulphurising. SULPHUROUS acid hinders fermentation by combining with the albuminous ... sulphurising is effected by burning sulphur in bottles or casks, ..."

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