zinc sulphate meaning

Noun: zinc sulphate

1. A colourless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc
   - zinc sulfate, white vitriol, zinc vitriol

Derived forms: zinc sulphates

Type of: sulfate [N. Amer], sulphate [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Zinc sulphate

Examples

1. feed grade zinc sulphate
2. If you can get a liquid preparation of zinc sulphate, you can test your zinc status by swilling 5ml of the liquid around your mouth.
3. Foliar applications of zinc as zinc sulphate or as zinc chelate ( or other organic complexes ) are also widely used, especially with fruit trees and grape vines.
4. The novel feature of Bird's cell was that the two solutions of copper sulphate and zinc sulphate were in the same vessel, but kept separate by a barrier of Plaster of Paris, a common material used in hospitals for setting bone fractures.