desulphuration


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desulphuration

(diːˌsʌlfəˈreɪʃən) or

desulfuration

n
(Chemistry) the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
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He also concluded that a reversion process in an accelerated sulphur vulcanisation is associated with the formation of a trans-methane structure which is generated by the main chain modification through desulphuration process.
Raue said the maintenance applied to the distillate unit, a catalytic cracker and a middle distillate desulphuration plant, and some small equipment, all at Neustadt.
Hence, one of the tasks of out-of-furnace treatment in the ladle-furnace is desulphuration of the metal, which under MMP conditions is performed by both induction of high-basic slag (by additives of lime and fluorite) and due to desulphuration capacity of calcium-containing materials (silicocalcium and ferrocalcium).