Sulfuric Acid Overview Sulfuric acid (sul-FUR-ik AS-id) is a colorless to dark brown, dense, oily liquid that mixes completely with water. Its color depends on its purity, with compounds of sulfur adding a darker color to the colorless pure product....

Sulfuric acid is a clear, oily mineral acid that has a boiling point of approximately 554°F (290°C). It is made from the mineral sulfur. More than eighty percent of all sulfur produced is used to make sulfuric acid. Because of the acid's...

Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is a clear, oily mineral acid that has a boiling point of approximately 554°F (290°C). It is made from the mineral sulfur. More than 80% of all sulfur produced is used to make sulfuric acid. Because of the acid's strength...

Sulfuric (or sulphuric) acid, H2SO4, is a strong mineral acid. It is soluble in water at all concentrations. It was once known as oil of vitriol, coined by the 8th-century Muslim alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber) after his discovery of the...

A 2-year-old boy was severely burned Saturday after he went down the slide at an elementary school playground. Someone had broken into the school, stolen several bottles of industrial-strength drain cleaner and splashed it all over the playground equipment, authorities said.Peyton Duschl was scheduled for...

Sulfuric acid leaked into the water supply from a chemical factory in central China, poisoning at least 26 villagers who have been admitted to hospital with nausea and swollen faces, authorities said Thursday.An underground pipe broke at the factory — part of the Xiaoping coal...

The remains of the last czar's hemophiliac son and heir to the Russian throne, missing since the royal family was gunned down nine decades ago by Bolsheviks in a basement room, may have been found, an archaeologist said Thursday.Bones were found in a burned area...

There is a "high degree of probability" that bone fragments found recently near the Russian city of Yekaterinburg are those of a daughter and son of the last czar, forensics experts said Friday.If confirmed, the find would fill in a missing chapter in the story...