Sulfate is a natural forming mineral found in water Sulfate effects the taste of water, and when combined with bacteria or heated (water heater) may effect the odor High levels of Sulfate may impact the digestion system causing a laxative effect The EPA maximum contaminant level for sulfate in water is 250 ppm
see sulphate. the American spelling of sulphate. Any of numerous inorganic and organic chemical compounds related to sulfuric acid (H2SO4). One subgroup comprises salts containing the sulfate ion (SO4^2-) linked via ionic bonds with any of various cations. Another subgroup of sulfates, the esters, are organic compounds in which sulfuric acid's hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic groups (e.g., methyl, ethyl, phenyl); a carbon atom in the organic group bonds to an oxygen atom, whose second bond is to the sulfur atom. (In sulfonates, a carbon atom bonds directly to the sulfur atom.) See also bonding
One of several minerals containing positive sulfur ions bonded to negative oxygen ions
The most common form of sulfur in natural waters The amounts relate primarily to soil minerals in the watershed Sulfate (SO4) can be reduced to sulfide (S--) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) under low or zero oxygen conditions Hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs and harms fish Sulfate (SO4--) input from acid rain is a major indicator of sulfur dioxide (SO2) air pollution Sulfate concentration is used as a chemical fingerprint to distinguish acid lakes acidified by acid rain from those acidified by organic acids from bogs
A compound in which the hydrogen of sulfuric acid is replaced by either metal or by an organic radical, to become a sulfate salt or sulfate ester respectively