| sulphury | Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sulphuryl | <chemistry> The hypothetical radical SO2; called also sulphon. Sulphuryl chloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and hydrochloric acids, and is hence called also sulphuric chloranhydride. Origin: Sulphur + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |