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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of sulfurize.
  • adjective Reacted or treated with sulfur or sulfur dioxide

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  • adjective treated or impregnated with sulfur

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Examples

  • · Paving of courtyards and other outdoor surfaces, walkways, etc. with sulfurized asphalts.

    Chapter 4 1988

  • In-depth comparison of sulfurized jojoba and sperm whale oils as extreme-pressure/extreme-temperate lubricants.

    Chapter 13 1985

  • In some of these, unmodified sperm oil was used, but more often it was sulfurized; sometimes it was epoxidized, chlorinated, or phosphorylated before being added to the lubricant base stock.

    5 Uses 1985

  • Bench tests have shown that adding sulfurized jojoba oil to a base oil dramatically improves the life and cutting speed of machine tools.

    5 Uses 1985

  • The highly sulfurized oil is liquid, whereas mineral oil must be added to keep sulfurized sperm oil liquid.

    5 Uses 1985

  • Extensive evaluations have shown that sulfurized jojoba oil has properties equivalent to or much better than sulfurized sperm oil in lubricant applications.

    5 Uses 1985

  • In some tests, when small amounts of sulfurized jojoba oil were added to lubricants, the performance improved so much that it exceeded the limits of the testing machine.

    5 Uses 1985

  • The sulfurized oil is valuable at high temperatures and pressures, which create metal-sulfur links that chemically bond the jojoba molecule to the metal surface.

    9 Research Needs 1985

  • Properly formulated with additives, the oil (or its sulfurized or sulfurhalogenated derivatives) has excellent lubricity and a long performance life.

    1 Introduction and Summary 1985

  • The gold showings on both the RS and Plateau areas are associated with a deca-metric drag-folded sulfurized "silicate iron formation" / "garnet-rich amphibolite" unit.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2008

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