sulphurizesulfurizev.
1. trans. To cause to combine chemically with, or to be impregnated by, sulphur; to convert into a sulphur compound.
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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
sulphurate1757
sulphurize1794
1794 [implied in: G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 395 The smell of sulphurized hydrogen gaz, (hepatic air). (at sulphurized adj. at Derivatives)].
1806 W. Henry Epit. Chem. (ed. 4) i. xi. 128 Sulphurized alcohol.
1870 Eng. Mech. 4 Mar. 597/2 Re-agents, either oxidising or sulphurising.
1873 W. A. Hayne in H. B. Tristram Land of Moab 397 Some stumps [of palm-trees] remain not petrified, but if I may be allowed the expression, ‘sulphurised’.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 173 To further sulphurise bitumen, M. Valenta dissolves 10 grammes of sulphur..in a sufficient quantity of bisulphide of carbon.
2. To treat or dress with sulphur; to vulcanize (rubber).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with rubber or plastic > work with rubber or plastic [verb (transitive)] > cure
sulphurize1846
vulcanize1846
volcanize1847
cure1853
metallize1860
burn1900
1846 Mechanics' Mag. 4 July 2/2 Gutta percha either sulphurised or unsulphurised.
1901 Lancet 26 Jan. 252/1 Sulphurised catgut.
3. To fumigate with burning sulphur.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > disinfect [verb (transitive)] > fumigate > sulphurize
sulphur1760
sulphurize1856
1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. I. 466/2 Sulphurizing.—The common process by which fermentation is checked..is called sulphuring or stumming.
1868 Chambers's Encycl. X. 222/1 Sulphurising is a process which is especially applied to sweet white wines.
1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 205/2 Large commercial packages..cannot efficiently be sulphurized without..spreading out the contents.
1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 205/2 Tightly-closed sulphurizing chambers.
Derivatives
ˈsulphurized adj.
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1794 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 395 The smell of *sulphurized hydrogen gaz, (hepatic air).
ˈsulphurizing n.
ˈsulphurizing adj.
sulphuriˈzation n. the action of sulphurizing.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with rubber or plastic > [noun] > curing
sulphurization1796
vulcanization1846
vulcanizing1846
sulphuration1853
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 455 These [expedients] were Torrefaction, *Sulphurization.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 502 Finally came vulcanization—i.e. sulphurization.
1883 J. Ellis in Nat. Temp. Advocate Sept. Preserved from fermentation..by sulphurization.
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