What are the uses of H2SO4?

1.	What are the uses of H2SO4?
Answer» In the preparation of HNO₃, HCl, H₂PO₄, Na₂CO₃ sulphates, alums, alcohols, ethers, etc. In the manufacture of dyes, fertilizers like ammonium sulphate, super phosphate, detergents. As an electrolyte in lead storage battery. As a dehydrating agent. As an oxidising agent. For refining petroleum. As a pickling agent for removing layers of basic oxides from the metal surfaces like Fe, Cu, etc. before the metals are galvanized, electroplated, etc. It is used as a laboratory reagent. It is used in the manufacture of nitrocellulose products. Sulfates and sulfuric acid products are used in the production of fertilizers, chemicals, dyes, glass, paper, soaps, textiles, fungicides, insecticides, astringents, and emetics. They are also used in the mining, wood-pulp, metal, and plating industries, in sewage treatment, and in leather processing

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