Sulphide definition

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Alternative spelling of sulfide.
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A kind of clear marble with a small statuette or figure inside.
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Singular:
sulphide
Plural:
sulphides

Sulphide Sentence Examples

  • They are precipitated from their alkaline solutions as cobalt sulphide by sulphuretted hydrogen, but this precipitation is prevented by the presence of citric and tartaric acids; similarly the presence of ammonium salts hinders their precipitation by caustic alkalis.

  • Iridium sulphide, IrS, is obtained when the metal is ignited in sulphur vapour.

  • It is slightly soluble in potassium sulphide.

  • The whole of the lead and sulphur of the sulphide was found to be present in the sulphate; in other words, the combining ratio of the lead and sulphur was not altered by the addition of the oxygen.

  • The most common of these sulphides is cobaltous sulphide, CoS, which occurs naturally as syepoorite, and can be artificially prepared by heating cobaltous oxide with sulphur, or by fusing anhydrous cobalt sulphate with barium sulphide and common salt.

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