Is Sulfuric Acid A Compound. Sulfuric acid is one of the few compounds whose chemical formula is well known by the general public because of many comic rhymes, such as this one popular in the uk: No, these are two different chemicals.

As for its phys­i­cal prop­er­ties, sul­fu­ric acid looks like a thick trans­par­ent oily liq­uid with no smell. The key difference between muriatic and sulfuric acid is that muriatic acid is a chlorine containing compound whereas sulfuric acid is a sulfur containing compound. A hydrogen from the sulphuric acid joins on to one of the carbon atoms, and the rest joins on to the other one.