desulphurizev.
/diːˈsʌlfjʊərʌɪz/ transitive. To free from sulphur.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to sulphuration > subject to desulphuration
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Desulphurize.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June 7/3 To induce them to desulphurize all their waste.
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desulphuriˈzation n.
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1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. I. 106 In this sense the production of coke may also be called the de~sulphurization.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 6 Feb. 6/3 The desulphurisation of Cleveland ironstone so as to convert it straightway into steel will be an accomplished fact.
deˈsulphurizer n.
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1870 J. Roskell in Eng. Mech. 18 Mar. 647/1 It is also a flux and a desulphuriser.
deˈsulphurized adj.
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1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Dec. 59/2 Desulphurised silicates.
deˈsulphurizing n. and adj.
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1892 Daily News 23 Sept. 3/2 A very powerful desulphurising agent.
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