The process or result of removing sulfur or sulfur compounds from fuel, metal, or industrial gases.
From desulfurate + -ion, or de- + sulfur + -ation. Technical term from mid-20th century chemistry and environmental science.
Desulfurization saved millions of trees from acid rain damage—when the Clean Air Act required it, suddenly the chemistry of removing sulfur became one of the most important industrial problems to solve.
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