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Sulfide vs Sulfate - What's the difference?

sulfide | sulfate |

As nouns the difference between sulfide and sulfate

is that sulfide is any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group while sulfate is any ester of sulfuric acid.

As a verb sulfate is

to treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.

sulfide

English

(wikipedia sulfide)

Alternative forms

* sulphide (UK )

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

    • Derived terms

    * antimony sulfide, antimony sulphide * aluminum sulfide, aluminium sulphide * arsenio-sulfide, arsenio-sulphide * arseno-sulfide, arseno-sulphide * barium sulfide, barium sulphide * bisulfide, bisulphide * cadmic sulfide, cadmic sulphide * cadmium sulfide, cadmium sulphide * calcium sulfide, calcium sulphide * carbon sulfide, carbon sulphide * carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide * copper sulfide, copper sulphide * cupric sulfide, cupric sulphide * cuprous sulfide, cuprous sulphide * disulfide, disulphide * ferric sulfide, ferric sulphide * ferrous sulfide, ferrous sulphide * heptasulfide, heptasulphide * hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen sulphide * hydrosulfide, hydrosulphide * iodosulfide, iodosulphide * iron sulfide, iron sulphide * lead sulfide, lead sulphide * lithium sulfide, lithium sulphide * magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide * mercuric sulfide, mercuric sulphide * mercurous sulfide, mercurous sulphide * mercury sulfide, mercury sulphide * molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum sulphide * nickel sulfide, nickel sulphide * oxysulfide, oxysulphide * pentasulfide, pentasulphide * plumbous sulfide, plumbous sulphide * polysulfide, polysulphide * selenium sulfide, selenium sulphide * sesquisulfide, sesquisulphide * silver sulfide, silver sulphide * sodium sulfide, sodium sulphide * stannic sulfide, stannic sulphide * sulfidation, sulphidation * sulfide of antimony, sulphide of antimony * sulfide of arsenic, sulphide of arsenic * sulfide of carbon, sulphide of carbon * sulfide of hydrogen, sulphide of hydrogen * sulfidic, sulphidic * sulfiding, sulphiding * tellurium sulfide, tellurium sulphide * thallium sulfide, thallium sulphide * thiosulfide, thiosulphide * tungsten sulfide, tungsten sulphide * vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide * vanadous sulfide, vanadous sulphide * zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide

    See also

    * mercaptan ----

    sulfate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sulphate (UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any ester of sulfuric acid.
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfuric acid.

    • Derived terms

    * aluminic sulfate, aluminic sulphate * aluminium sulfate, aluminium sulphate * aluminium sulfate hexadecahydrate, aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate * ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulphate * barium sulfate, barium sulphate * beryllium sulfate, beryllium sulphate * bisulfate, bisulphate * cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulphate * calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate * ceric ammonium sulfate, ceric ammonium sulphate * ceric sulfate, ceric sulphate * copper sulfate, copper sulphate * cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate * cuprosulfate, cuprosulphate * disulfate, disulphate * ferroso-aluminic sulfate, ferroso-aluminic sulphate * ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulphate * gadolinium ethyl sulfate * gadolinium sulfate, gadolinium sulphate * gadolinium sulfate octahydrate, gadolinium sulphate octahydrate * hydrogen sulfate, hydrogen sulphate * hydropotassic sulfate, hydropotassic sulphate * hydrosodic sulfate, hydrosodic sulphate * hyposulfate, hyposulphate * iodosulfate, iodosulphate * iridico-ammonic sulfate, iridico-ammonic sulphate * iron sulfate, iron sulphate * lithium sulfate, lithium sulphate * magnesio-aluminic sulfate, magnesio-aluminic sulphate * magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate * magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate * magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, magnesium sulphate heptahydrate * manganese sulfate, manganese sulphate * manganous sulfate, manganous sulphate * nickel sulfate, nickel sulphate * nitrososulfate, nitrososulphate * persulfate, persulphate * potassio-chromic sulfate, potassio-chromic sulphate * potassio-ferric sulfate, potassio-ferric sulphate * potassio-manganic sulfate, potassio-manganic sulphate * potassium aluminium sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate * potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate * pyrosulfate, pyrosulphate * radium sulfate, radium sulphate * rubidium sulfate, rubidium sulphate * sodium sulfate, sodium sulphate * sulfat-, sulphat- * sulfate ion, sulphate ion * sulfate of ammonia, sulphate of ammonia * sulfate of copper, sulphate of copper * sulfate of iron, sulphate of iron * sulfate of lime, sulphate of lime * sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash * sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda * sulfate of zinc, sulphate of zinc * sulfate process, sulphate process * sulfate pulp, sulphate pulp * sulfate-reducing, sulphate-reducing * sulfatide, sulphatide * sulfating, sulphating * sulfation, sulphation * sulfatite, sulphatite * sulfato-, sulphato- * tellurium sulfate, tellurium sulphate * thallium sulfate, thallium sulphate * thiosulfate, thiosulphate * thorium sulfate, thorium sulphate * trisulfate, trisulphate * uranic sulfate, uranic sulphate * urano-ammonic sulfate, urano-ammonic sulphate * uranoso-ammonic sulfate, uranoso-ammonic sulphate * uranoso-uranic sulfate, uranoso-uranic sulphate * uranous sulfate, uranous sulphate * vanadious sulfate, vanadious sulphate * vanadous sulfate, vanadous sulphate * vanadyl sulfate, vanadyl sulphate * zinco-sulfate, zinco-sulphate

    Verb

    (sulfat)
  • (chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
  • (of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.