As well as being a strong acid, sulfuric acid is also a dehydrating agent, meaning it is very good at removing water from other substances. There are two examples you need to be aware of.

In this new article, twenty amino acids were exposed to the concentrations of sulfuric acid usually found on Venus, at 98% and 81%, with the rest being water. Of these, 11 were unchanged after 4 ...

Maumene, on the above subject. The fatty oils mingled with sulphuric acid disengage heat, this action may serve to distinguish them; it separates in a striking manner the drying oils from those ...

Davi Trinidade of Brazil’s Antares Recycling outlines a project to remove sulphuric acid from lead batteries and turn it into ...

is reacted with concentrated sulfuric acid under very harsh conditions. Despite stringent safety regulations, HF spills have occurred, sometimes causing fatalities and detrimental environmental ...

then the free acid is pressed out, the cotton washed in cold water, anr1 dried in a loose mass, at a moderate heat. Take rectified sulphuric ether 125 parts, by weight, rectified ?alcohol ...