desulphurize

/ diːˈsʌlfjʊˌraɪz /

verb

1. to free or become free from sulphur

Derived Forms

• deˈsulphurˌizer, noun
• deˌsulphuriˈzation, noun

Example Sentences

The "additions" of Agricola, therefore, include reducing, oxidizing, sulphurizing, desulphurizing, and collecting agents as well as fluxes.

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Very much depends in the mountain territories upon the success of experiments, now in operation, with the various new desulphurizing processes.

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The calcination of an ore is a work occupying a good deal of time, and, in most cases, it is better to take advantage of the desulphurizing power of red lead or nitre.

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If sulphureted pig iron, poor in manganese, is added in a fluid condition to manganiferous molten pig iron, poor in sulphur, the metal is desulphurized, and a manganese sulphide slag is formed.

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The "powerful flux" would be a reducing, desulphurizing, and an acid flux.

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