Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfidation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sul-fi-da-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Reaction with sulfur to form sulfides.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) English -ide English sulfide Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sulfidation From sulfide + -ation.

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Questions

What does sulfidation mean?
Reaction with sulfur to form sulfides.
Where does sulfidation come from?
Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) English -ide English sulfide Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sulfidation From sulfide + -ation.

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