sulfating

Variant of sulfate

sulfate definition

sul·fate (sul′fāt′)

noun

  1. a salt of sulfuric acid containing the divalent, negative radical SO
  2. an uncharged ester of this acid

Etymology: Fr < L sulphur, sulfur + Fr -ate, -ate

transitive verb sulfated -·fat′ed, sulfating -·fat′·ing

  1. to treat with sulfuric acid or a sulfate
  2. to convert into a sulfate
  3. to cause a deposit of lead sulfate to form on (the negative plates of a storage battery)

intransitive verb

to become sulfated

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