sulfide

noun

sul·fide ˈsəl-ˌfīd

: any of various organic compounds characterized by a sulfur atom attached to two carbon atoms

: a binary compound (such as CuS) of sulfur usually with a more electropositive element or group : a salt of hydrogen sulfide

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Volcanoes and industrial emissions are the main natural sources of sulfur dioxide, one precursor of sulfates; carbonyl sulfide, a gas emitted by microbes in the oceans, is another. —

Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 14 Feb. 2023 Glass with the nickel sulfide imperfection will then expand and break — before it is installed in the building. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023 The researchers attribute the mercury pollution’s presence to the mineral cinnabar, or mercuric sulfide. —

Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2020 Hydrogen sulfide, methyl sulfides, and benzopyrrole volatiles are among the most common gases behind that odor. —

Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 31 Jan. 2023 Infrared excitation in the copper sulfide creates hot electrons and holes, which are injected into the cadmium sulfide and recombine to emit high-energy light in the visible region. —

IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022 But Xin and colleagues say the ferric sulfide clusters allow a more capable form of navigation to take place. —

The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2021 During a survey of the cloud, the international research team identified water ice, as well as frozen forms of ammonia, methanol, methane and carbonyl sulfide. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023 Their nanocrystals are hexagonal, platelike crystals of copper sulfide, with a border of cadmium sulfide. —

IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022 See More

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