Uses of sulphuric acid

• Most of the sulphuric acid produced at Zimphos is used to
• make fertilizers (mostly superphoshate)
•  Some of the sulphiric acid is used to  manufacture aluminum sulphate
• Which in turn is used as a flocculent in water purification processes
• Bauxite from Mutare is dissolved into sulphuric acid
• The word equation for the process is:
• \text{aluminum oxide+sulphuric acid}\rightarrow\text{aluminium sulphate+water}
• Sulphuric acid also has other uses including:
• extraction of metals
• cleaning metals before plating
• It is also used in:
• the manufacture of textiles
• electrolyte in car batteries
• paper making
• manufacture of detergents
• As a drying agent/desiccate because it absorbs water
• In the manufacture of plastics
• The manufacture of paints

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