Disulfate

/daɪˈsʌlfeɪt/ noun

Definition

A chemical compound containing two sulfate groups or two atoms of sulfur in combination with oxygen.

Etymology

From di- (two) + sulfate (from sulfur + -ate, a suffix indicating chemical compounds or salts). Systematic chemical nomenclature combining Greek numerals with compound names.

Kelly Says

Chemical nomenclature like 'disulfate' is deliberately boring and precise—imagine if chemists used creative names like they did in medieval alchemy ('vitriol' for sulfuric acid); science would be incomprehensible.

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