sulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌlfeɪt/
Forms: form: sulfates
form: sulphate
Etymology: From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“sulfuric acid”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent to sulf(ur) + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: examples: text: Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type.
ref: 1982 February 21, “Wulai: Hot springs resort with treasury of culture”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 7, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
text: Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging.
ref: 1983, Richard E. Behrman, Victor C. Vaughan, III, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, W. B. Saunders, →ISBN, page 249:
text: The whole world's fighting over fresh water like a pack of starving dogs with one stripped bone among them, and then Brazil started shooting all those sulfates into the stratosphere and—well, it was turning out just like the environazis said, only way worse and way fucking faster.
ref: 2011, Peter Watts, Crysis: Legion, Del Rey, published 2011, →ISBN, page 7:
text: The technique would involve spraying large amounts of sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes as high as 12 miles. The scientists propose delivering the sulfates with specially designed high-altitude aircraft, balloons or large naval-style guns.
ref: 2018 November 23, Matthew Robinson, “Dimming the sun: The answer to global warming?”, in CNN:
text: McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life.
ref: 2025 January 29, Ashley Strickland, “Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say”, in CNN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
Derived terms: aluminic sulfate
aluminic sulphate
aluminium sulfate
aluminium sulphate
aluminium sulfate hexadecahydrate
aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate
ammonium laureth sulfate
ammonium sulfate
ammonium sulphate
aurothiosulfate
barium sulfate
barium sulphate
beryllium sulfate
beryllium sulphate
bisulfate
bisulphate
borosulfate
cadmium sulfate
cadmium sulphate
calcium sulfate
calcium sulphate
ceric ammonium sulfate
ceric ammonium sulphate
ceric sulfate
ceric sulphate
chlorosulfate
cobalt(II) sulfate
copper(II) sulfate
copper sulfate
copper sulphate
cupric sulfate
cupric sulphate
cuprosulfate
cuprosulphate
dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate
dermatan sulfate
desulfate
dimethyl sulfate
disulfate
disulphate
dodecasulfate
ferric sulfate
ferroso-aluminic sulfate
ferroso-aluminic sulphate
ferrous sulfate
ferrous sulphate
fluorosulfate
gadolinium ethyl sulfate
gadolinium sulfate
gadolinium sulphate
gadolinium sulfate octahydrate
gadolinium sulphate octahydrate
glycosulfatase
hemisulfate
heparan sulfate
heptasulfate
hexasulfate
hydrogensulfate
hydrogen sulfate
hydrogen sulphate
hydropotassic sulfate
hydropotassic sulphate
hydrosodic sulfate
hydrosodic sulphate
hydrosulfate
hyposulfate
hyposulphate
iodosulfate
iodosulphate
iridico-ammonic sulfate
iridico-ammonic sulphate
iron(III) sulfate
iron(II) sulfate
iron sulfate
iron sulphate
keratan sulfate
keratosulfate
lithium sulfate
lithium sulphate
magnesio-aluminic sulfate
magnesio-aluminic sulphate
magnesium laureth sulfate
magnesium laureth sulphate
magnesium sulfate heptahydrate
magnesium sulphate heptahydrate
magnesium sulfate
magnesium sulphate
manganese sulfate
manganese sulphate
manganous sulfate
manganous sulphate
methylsulfate
monosulfate
nickel sulfate
nickel sulphate
nitrososulfate
nitrososulphate
octasulfate
organosulfate
oxyhydroxysulfate
oxysulfate
pentasulfate
persulfate
persulphate
phosphosulfate
polysulfate
potassio-chromic sulfate
potassio-chromic sulphate
potassio-ferric sulfate
potassio-ferric sulphate
potassio-manganic sulfate
potassio-manganic sulphate
potassium aluminium sulfate
potassium aluminium sulphate
potassium sulfate
potassium sulphate
protamine sulfate
pyrosulfate
pyrosulphate
radium sulfate
radium sulphate
rubidium sulfate
rubidium sulphate
sesquisulfate
sodium dodecyl sulfate
sodium lauryl sulfate
sodium sulfate
sodium sulphate
sucralfate
sulfatase
sulfate ion
sulphate ion
sulfate of ammonia
sulphate of ammonia
sulfate of copper
sulphate of copper
sulfate of iron
sulphate of iron
sulfate of lime
sulphate of lime
sulfate of magnesia
sulfate of potash
sulphate of potash
sulfate of soda
sulphate of soda
sulfate of zinc
sulphate of zinc
sulfate process
sulphate process
sulfate pulp
sulphate pulp
sulfate-reducing
sulphate-reducing
sulfate turpentine
sulfatian
sulfatide
sulphatide
sulfating
sulphating
sulfation
sulphation
sulfatite
sulphatite
sulfato-
sulphato-
sulfat-
sulphat-
tellurium sulfate
tellurium sulphate
thallium sulfate
thallium sulphate
thiosulfate
thiosulphate
thorium sulfate
thorium sulphate
trisulfate
trisulphate
uranic sulfate
uranic sulphate
urano-ammonic sulfate
urano-ammonic sulphate
uranoso-ammonic sulfate
uranoso-ammonic sulphate
uranoso-uranic sulfate
uranoso-uranic sulphate
uranous sulfate
uranous sulphate
vanadious sulfate
vanadious sulphate
vanadous sulfate
vanadous sulphate
vanadyl sulfate
vanadyl sulphate
zinco-sulfate
zinco-sulphate
zinc sulfate
zircosulfate