sulfur dioxide

English

Alternative forms

• sulphur dioxide (Commonwealth)

Noun

sulfur dioxide (uncountable)

1. (American spelling, inorganic chemistry) A toxic gas, of molecular formula SO₂ that is found in the emissions of volcanos and those of burning coal or petroleum; dissolves in water to form sulfurous acid and, in the presence of oxygen, sulfuric acid, and is thus responsible for acid rain.

Translations

the compound SO₂

• Catalan: diòxid de sofre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 二氧化硫 (ji⁶ joeng⁵ faa³ lau⁴)

  Mandarin: 二氧化硫 (zh) (èryǎnghuàliú)

• Czech: oxid siřičitý m
• Dutch: zwaveldioxide (nl) n
• Esperanto: sulfura dioksido
• Finnish: rikkidioksidi (fi)
• French: dioxyde de soufre (fr) m
• Galician: dióxido de xofre m
• German: Schwefeldioxid (de) n
• Hindi: गन्धक द्विजारेय (gandhak dvijārey)
• Hungarian: kén-dioxid (hu)
• Icelandic: brennisteinsdíoxið n, brennisteinstvíoxíð n
• Italian: diossido di zolfo (it) m, anidride solforosa f
• Japanese: 二酸化硫黄 (ja) (nisankaiō)
• Persian: سولفور دی‌اکسید (sulfur di-oksid)
• Portuguese: dióxido de enxofre m
• Russian: двуо́кись се́ры f (dvuókisʹ séry), диокси́д се́ры m (dioksíd séry)
• Spanish: dióxido de azufre
• Swedish: svaveldioxid (sv) c
• Thai: ซัลเฟอร์ไดออกไซด์