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Sulfate

The sulfate or sulphate ion is a polyatomic anion with the empirical formula SO42−. Salts, acid derivatives, and peroxides of sulfate are widely used in industry. Sulfates occur widely in everyday life. Sulfates are salts of sulfuric acid and many are prepared from that acid.

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Hydrogensulfate (bisulfate)

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Sulfate

Nodes172
Edges171
Triples94
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011628
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related to history · 31
Sulfate → Akrotiri, Alabaster, Amarna, Archaeological, Aššur, BC, Bronze Age, Cretan, During, Egypt, England, France, French Alps, From, However, In, It, Mediterranean, Middle Ages, Middle East
has application · 17
Sulfate → About, Bordeaux, Copper, CuSO4, Epsom, Gypsum, II, Iron, K2Ca2Mg, Lead, Magnesium, Major, Polyhalite, SLES, SO4, Sodium, Sulfates
related to Hydrogensulfate (bisulfate) · 12
Sulfate → An, Brønsted, H2SO4, H3O, HSO4, Hydrogensulfate, In, Lowry, NaHSO4, SO42, Sulfuric, The
related to Properties · 12
Sulfate → An, Br, Co, Exceptions, II, PPh3, PtSO4, Radium, SO4, The, There, This
related to Preparation · 8
Sulfate → Although, CdSO4, Consequently, CuSO4, H2O, II, Typically, ZnSO4
related to Structure · 5
Sulfate → H2SO4, HSO4, Organic, The, VSEPR
has effect · 4
Sulfate → Desulfovibrio, Sulfates, The, They
related to Spelling · 2
Sulfate → British English, IUPAC
is a · 1
Sulfate → most insoluble sulfate known
related to Occurrence in nature · 1
Sulfate → Sulfate-reducing

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Sulfateis amost insoluble sulfate known0.90text
Sulfatehas applicationSulfates0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationMajor0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationGypsum0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationAbout0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationCopper0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationCuSO40.60section
Sulfatehas applicationBordeaux0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationIron0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationII0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationMagnesium0.60section
Sulfatehas applicationEpsom0.60section

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