sulphate
/ˈsʌlfeɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsʌlfeɪt/
sulphate
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
sul - phate -> sulphate
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘They are immediately downwind of coal-burning electric plants in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, and their high elevation makes them extremely susceptible to sulfates and nitrates moving through the atmosphere.’
- ‘It occurs in all kinds of minerals, such as oxides, carbonates, nitrates, sulfates, and phosphates.’
- ‘The technique can identify iron-bearing phases (such as oxides, silicates, sulfides, and carbonates), as well as the amount of iron in each phase and the presence of iron in various oxidation states.’
- ‘Biodiesel reduces emissions of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and particulates.’
- ‘The respirable portion of particulates can include acid condensates, and organic compounds.’
- ‘Inorganic anions such as chloride, nitrate and sulphate can be separated in about five minutes.’
- ‘Herbicides include a wide range of compounds, such as common salt, and ammonium and potassium salts.’
- ‘Common among these are bicarbonates, calcium, chlorides, fluorides, magnesium and sulfates - all of which can cause salt stress if found in excessive amounts.’
- ‘The Podolia ash beds consist largely of clay minerals accompanied by a variety of primary volcanogenic crystals and secondary sulphides, sulphates, oxides, and silicates.’
- ‘Tiny particles of soot or chemical compounds like sulphates reflect sunlight and they also promote the formation of bigger, longer lasting clouds.’
- ‘The magnesium corrosion control rod present in many hot water heaters can chemically reduce naturally occurring sulfates to hydrogen sulfide.’
- ‘Other contaminants include arsenic, chromium, cyanides, phenols, gases and ‘combustible materials’.’
- ‘Black smokers, debouching fluids at 350°C into the overlying sea water sit atop a mound of hydrothermal minerals, including sulphides, and silicates.’
- ‘The oils are first reacted with sulfuric acid, which converts them into sulfates.’
- ‘Leachate typically contains organic compounds together with metal chlorides and sulphates, and has a high chemical oxygen demand due to the presence of reducing species.’
- ‘These minerals can be supplemented in the diet as inorganic oxides, or organic chelates with the mineral bound to an amino acid or peptide complex.’
- ‘They have a somewhat chalky flavor, which is indicative of sulfates, but rules out regular sodium chloride.’
- ‘Comprised primarily of soot, fly ash, and organic particles
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