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Light and Its Phenomena: Sulphur

Salts are distinguished by two names, one denoting the acid, and the other the base. Thus, sulph ate of soda is a combination of the sulphur ic acid and soda; sulph ate of iron is compounded of sulphur ic acid and iron; muri ate of soda is a compound of muriat ic acid and soda. Salts composed of acids ending in ous have the termination ite instead of ate. Example in Sulphur :

Sulphur ic acid, a strong acid.

Sulphur ous acid, a weak one.

Sulphur et of iron, sulphur and iron.

Prot-oxid of sulphur is the first degree.

Deut-oxide the second degree.

Trit-oxide the third degree.

Per-oxide many degrees.

Sulph ate is the salt of sulphur ic acid.

Sulph ite the salt of sulphur ous acid.

Bi-sulphate the salt of a double dose.

Hypo-sulphurous acid - less oxygen than sulphurous acid (1 to 2).

Hypo-sulphuric acid-less than sulphuric.

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