noun
- a salt or ester of sulfuric acid
Usage: chemistry
verb
- to treat or combine with sulfuric acid or a sulfate
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Copper sulfate is commonly used as a fungicide in agriculture.
- The laboratory tested the water sample for various sulfates.
- Sodium sulfate is used in the manufacture of detergents.
- The chemist will sulfate the compound to create the desired reaction.
- Magnesium sulfate, also known as Epsom salt, has medicinal uses.
- The mining process can sulfate certain minerals.