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Also known as H2SO4, sulphuric acid, battery acid, hydrogen sulfate, oil of vitriol, [SO2(OH)2], [S(OH)2O2], H₂SO₄

chemical compound

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Sulfuric acid is a chemical compound with the formula H₂SO₄ and a mass of 97.967379544. It has a density of 1.8302 and a refractive index of 1.397. The substance possesses an electric dipole moment of 2.72 and a dynamic viscosity of 21. Its physical properties include a melting point of 10.31 and a boiling point of 337. The vapor pressure is recorded at 0.001.

The compound exhibits pKa values of 1.92 and -3. It has one hydrogen bond donor and three hydrogen bond acceptors, with a topological polar surface area of 66.6. The canonical SMILES notation is OS(O)(=O)=O. Sulfuric acid is immediately dangerous to life or health at a level of 15, with a time-weighted average exposure limit of 1. It is referenced by 2,577 other encyclopedia articles.

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Chemical data

Formula
H2O4S
Molecular weight
98.08 g/mol
SMILES
[OH2+]S(=O)(=O)[O-]
InChIKey
QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
-1.5
Polar surface area
66.6 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
3
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

A bottle of 96% pure sulfuric acid

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