Search results for "Oleum" - New World Encyclopedia
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- pyrosulfuric acid, fuming sulfuric acid, or oleum. A less common name is Nordhausen ... An alternative method is to absorb SO3 into H2SO4, to produce oleum ...31 KB (4,778 words) - 21:53, 26 February 2023
- who called it "oil of sweet vitriol" (oleum dulcis vitrioli). This name was chosen because it was originally discovered by distilling a ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:33, 29 January 2024
- being converted to sulfur trioxide, and then to oleum, which is made into sulfuric acid. Sulfur dioxide for this purpose is made when sulfur combines ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 21:44, 26 February 2023
- Petroleum (Latin Petroleum derived from Greek πέτρα (Latin petra) - rock + έλαιον (Latin oleum) - oil) or crude oil is a naturally ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- "Oleum Amygdalae," the fixed oil from the almond kernel, is prepared from either variety of almond. It is a glyceryl oleate, with a ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 20:41, 26 March 2024
