sulfur dioxide
a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO2, formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
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The exhaust spewed by ships there produces about 70 percent of the sulfur dioxide in the air, he notes.
Warming cities may see more rain — and frequent flooding | Bethany Brookshire | August 19, 2021 | Science News For StudentsIt now measures sulfur dioxide using one-hour and five-minute averages.
Sugar Companies Said Our Investigation Is Flawed and Biased. Let’s Dive Into Why That’s Not the Case. | by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post, and Maya Miller and Ash Ngu, ProPublica | July 8, 2021 | ProPublicaFor instance, the agency used to measure sulfur dioxide, a byproduct of burning oil and coal, using 24-hour averages.
Sugar Companies Said Our Investigation Is Flawed and Biased. Let’s Dive Into Why That’s Not the Case. | by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post, and Maya Miller and Ash Ngu, ProPublica | July 8, 2021 | ProPublicaVolcanologists typically use instruments on the ground to help warn of eruptions, monitoring changes in gases, such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, that quietly seep from volcanoes between blasts.
A satellite’s view of a deadly 2019 eruption could improve volcano monitoring | Nikk Ogasa | June 18, 2021 | Science NewsThis approach allowed the researchers to estimate how much sulfur dioxide that the volcano belched before, during and after the eruption.
A satellite’s view of a deadly 2019 eruption could improve volcano monitoring | Nikk Ogasa | June 18, 2021 | Science News
Pfifferling, like most natural wine producers, adds no sulfur dioxide aside from minimal amounts when he bottles the wine.
It does not resist so well hydrochloric acid or sulfur dioxide or alkalies.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. SlossonHydrogen sulfide was what gave the characteristic aroma to rotten eggs, and sulfur dioxide wasn't exactly perfume.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland Goodwinsulfur dioxide or chlorine, for example, would not allow the formation of water-ice.
Planet of Dread | Murray LeinsterThere is an occasional outpouring of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinViolently ill, I felt the sulfur dioxide rush from my lungs.
Question of Comfort | Les Collins
Scientific definitions for sulfur dioxide
A colorless, poisonous gas or liquid with a strong odor. It is formed naturally by volcanic activity, and is a waste gas produced by burning coal and oil and by many industrial processes, such as smelting. It is also a hazardous air pollutant and a major contributor to acid rain. Chemical formula: SO2.
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