Sulphuric acid has highest importance in chemical Industry. Why?
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Sulphuric acid is used as a chemical catalyst for various reaction.
It can be used as a electrolyte.
It is used as a industrial cleansing agent.
It is used as a industrial production agent of chemical.
It is used in the sulfur iodine cycle.
So Sulphuric acid is important.
The scientific name of sulphuric acid is “Oil of Vitriol”.
Molecular formula of sulphuric acid is H2SO4.
The appearance of the substance is colourless and sometimes slightly yellow and it is viscous in nature.
It is a very strong mineral acid and can completely dissolves in water at various concentrations.
It has highly corrosive nature.
It is used in large scale productions specially phosphate fertilizer industry.
And it is also used in chemical synthesis (Contact process) Oil refining and waste water management.
Chamber process is used to produce sulphuric acid.
Therefore, suphuric acid is considered as an important chemical than the remaining.