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sulfide Definition

sul·fide (sulfīd′)

noun

a compound of sulfur with another element or a radical

sulfide Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Most inexpensive photosensors use cadmium sulfide as the active element for light detection.

Modifies a noun

  • gas: He was overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas and fell into the water.
  • mineralization: These zones of sulfide mineralization have been termed the Chapel, Engine, Deep Engine, South Central and North Central Zones.
  • mineral: In marine aquatic sediments the precipitation of highly stable sulfide minerals ( e.g.

Noun used with modifier

  • dimethyl: The growing patch of phytoplankton also produced significant quantities of dimethyl sulfide, a gas known to be important in cloud formation.
  • hydrogen: The gases normally present in the gastrointestinal tract are oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen, methane, and hydrogen sulfide.
  • iron: An important chemical precipitate that formed on mixing of the spring water and the seawater was iron sulfide.
  • cadmium: Electronic photosensors are more costly than cadmium sulfide cells but savings in energy costs generally justify their installation.
  • selenium: If these are not adequate, I dispense selenium sulfide or benzyl peroxide shampoos.
  • calcium: Addition of it to water separated the soluble sodium carbonate from the calcium sulfide.