资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pyrosulphuric \Pyr`o*sul*phu"ric\, a. [Pyro- + -sulphuric.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also
{disulphuric} acid) obtained by distillation of certain
sulphates, as a colorless, thick, oily liquid, {H2S2O7}
resembling sulphuric acid. It is used in the solution of
indigo, in the manufacture of alizarin, and in dehydration.
Disulphuric \Di`sul*phu"ric\, a. [Pref. di- + sulphuric.]
(Chem.)
Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of
sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
{Disulphuric acid}, a thick oily liquid, {H2S2O7}, called
also {Nordhausen acid} (from Nordhausen in the Harts,
where it was originally manufactured), {fuming sulphuric
acid}, and especially {pyrosulphuric acid}. See under
{Pyrosulphuric}.