sulfide
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- noun
- /ˈsʌlfaɪd/
- Specialized
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sulfuro
- Hydrogen sulfide is a poisonous gas that can be detected by its rotten egg smell.
- hydrogen sulfide
- iron sulfide
- cadmium sulfide
It also removes hydrogen sulfide AKA rotten egg smell.
- It also removes hydrogen sulfide AKA rotten egg smell.
- The main producer of dimethyl sulfide is photoplankton in the ocean.
- But at the same time this, the sulphide ion has been oxidized to elemental sulphur.
- Flaming red blush was fashionable, created using dangerous poisonous minerals like Vermilion derived from mercuric sulphide.
Examples
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This gastropod has iron sulfide plates all over its foot that look like armor.
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And that stuff includes sulfide minerals and some of the magnetites.
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Iron sulfide, also known as Fool's Gold.
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Thus, the silver-bearing phase probably contains silver sulfide plus reduced silver.
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Or you can have a sulfide which can react with an oxygen to give a sulfoxide.
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The active ingredient is selenium sulfide.
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The ores of many metals are sulfides of the metals.
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To get the valuable metals, the sulfide ores were burned in large furnaces that released sulfur-rich gases.
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The compost is regularly tested for nitrite and sulfide levels during the composting and curing process.
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The specialized bacteria also produce hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs, adding to the mystique of murky bogs.
Academic text (2002)
Compounds
A very toxic gas used as a weapon that causes severe blisters and eye and lung damage
- Specialized
A solid made from cadmium and zinc used as a pigment and in scientific tests
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sulfide comes from sulfur, the element known for a 'rotten egg' smell, plus the chemical ending -ide, which names a 'compound'. So a sulfide is simply a compound formed when sulfur joins with another element.