It is therefore analogous to sulphurtrioxide which forms sulphuric acid in a similar way:
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Sulphuric acid converts it into ethyl sulphuric acid (see ETHER, and sulphurtrioxide gives carbyl sulphate.
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It is not decomposed at a red heat but suffers loss, probably of sulphurtrioxide, at a temperature above 900°C.]
4
Reactions involving sulphur dioxide, sulphurtrioxide, and sulphuric acid can channel energy reasonably efficiently: Earth's use of free oxygen is only twice as effective.