sodium sulfate

noun

: a bitter salt Na2SO4 used especially in detergents, in the manufacture of wood pulp and rayon, in dyeing and finishing textiles, and in its hydrated form as a cathartic compare glauber's salt

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On game nights, the groundskeeper marked yard lines with a white powder -- sodium sulfate -- donated by the plant. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019 If Aepnus succeeds at scale, the effects reach beyond sodium sulfate. — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025 For example, sodium sulfate causes the bluer end of the spectrum to drop out while enhancing the red end slightly. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020 The inner box contained a can full of the chemical sodium sulfate decahydrate, which rested on top of the glass tubes and kept the cells from overheating. — Ainissa Ramirez, Scientific American, 17 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for sodium sulfate

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First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sodium sulfate was in 1869

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sodium sulfate

noun
: a bitter salt used especially in detergents, in the manufacture of rayon, and in dyeing and finishing textiles

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sodium sulfate

noun
: a bitter salt Na2SO4 used especially in detergents, in the manufacture of wood pulp and rayon, in dyeing and finishing textiles, and in its hydrated form as a cathartic see glauber's salt

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