'sulfuric' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is an adjective that means "of, relating to, or containing sulfur" (Oxford English Dictionary). For example, you could say: "The pool had a powerful sulfuric smell."
The sulfur removed from oil products in purification processes is ultimately recoverable as elemental sulfur or sulfuric acid.
The sulfide ores are valued chiefly for their metal content, although a process developed in the 18th century for making sulfuric acid utilized sulfur dioxide obtained by burning pyrite.
In the same manner, sulfuric acid, H2SO4, with sulfur in its +6 oxidation state, is a stronger acid than sulfurous acid, H2SO3, where a +4 oxidation number of sulfur exists.
Sulfur not converted to sulfuric acid is used in making paper, insecticides, fungicides, dyestuffs, and numerous other products.
There are two main processes leading to the conversion of sulfur dioxide (SO2) to sulfuric acid (H2SO4).
In and near regions of urbanization and heavy industrial activity, the enhanced deposition and precipitation of sulfur in the form of sulfuric acid, and of nitrogen oxides in the form of nitric acid (HNO3), resulting from vehicular emissions, have been associated with damage to fish populations, forests, statues, and building exteriors.
Pyrite is used commercially as a source of sulfur, particularly for the production of sulfuric acid.
After the gas mixture has passed over three of the catalyst beds and approximately 93 percent conversion to sulfur trioxide has occurred, it is cooled and absorbed into sulfuric acid in ceramic-packed towers.
Millions of tons of sulfur are produced each year, mostly for the manufacture of sulfuric acid, which is widely used in industry.
The sulfur, along with coke additions, serves as a fuel and is combusted to sulfur dioxide gas, which is usually recovered for the production of sulfuric acid as a by-product.
The final solution, which contains 30 100 grams per litre (4 13 ounces per gallon) of iodine, is treated with sulfuric acid in order to decompose any sulfite, and sulfide and manganese dioxide are added to release iodine, which is vaporized and purified by sublimation.
