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sulphurize, v.|ˈsʌlfjʊəraɪz|
[a. F. sulfuriser (Lavoisier, 1789): see sulphur n. and -ize.]
1. trans. To cause to combine chemically with, or to be impregnated by, sulphur; to convert into a sulphur compound.
1794[see sulphurized]. 1815Henry Elem. Chem. (ed. 7) I. 314 Sulphurized alcohol. 1870Eng. Mech. 4 Mar. 597/2 Re-agents, either oxidising or sulphurising. 1873Hayne in Tristram Moab 397 Some stumps [of palm-trees] remain not petrified, but, if I may be allowed the expression, ‘sulphurised’. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 173 To further sulphurise bitumen, M. Valenta dissolves 10 grammes of sulphur..in a sufficient quantity of bisulphide of carbon.
2. To treat or dress with sulphur; to vulcanize (rubber).
1846Mech. Mag. 4 July 2/2 Gutta percha either sulphurised or unsulphurised. 1901Lancet 26 Jan. 252/1 Sulphurised catgut.
3. To fumigate with burning sulphur.
1856Morton Cycl. Agric. I. 466/2 Sulphurizing.—The common process by which fermentation is checked..is called sulphuring or stumming. 1868Chambers' Encycl. X. 222/1 Sulphurising is a process which is especially applied to sweet white wines. 1883Haldane Workshop Rec. Ser. ii. 205/2 Large commercial packages..cannot efficiently be sulphurized without..spreading out the contents. Ibid., Tightly-closed sulphurizing chambers.
Hence ˈsulphurized ppl. a. († sulphurized hydrogen gas = sulphuretted hydrogen), ˈsulphurizing vbl. n. and ppl. a. (see quots. above); sulphuriˈzation, the action of sulphurizing.
1794Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXIV. 395 The smell of sulphurized hydrogen gaz, (hepatic air). 1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 455 These [expedients] were Torrefaction, Sulphurization. 1852Fraser's Mag. XLVI. 502 Finally came vulcanization—i.e. sulphurization. 1883J. Ellis in Nat. Temp. Advocate Sept., Preserved from fermentation..by sulphurization. |