Definition of Cadmium sulphide

1. Noun. Ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form.

Exact synonyms: Greenockite
Generic synonyms: Mineral

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadmium Sulphide

cadileskers
cadinene
cadis
cadmian
cadmic
cadmiferous
cadmium
cadmium cell
cadmium chloride
cadmium compounds
cadmium orange
cadmium oxide
cadmium poisoning
cadmium radioisotopes
cadmium sulfide
cadmium sulphide (current term)
cadmium translocating ATPase
cadmium yellow
cadmium yellow pale
cadmium yellows
cadmiums
cadmoindite
cadmoselite
cadr
cadralazine
cadrans
cadranses
cadre
cadre parties
cadre party

Literary usage of Cadmium sulphide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"... plates for silver coinage and more recently in substitutes for tin base-bearing metals. Precipitated yellow cadmium sulphide is used as a paint pigment. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1901)
"In view of the fact that cadmium sulphide is soluble in dilute boiling sulphuric acid, the common method of separating cadmium and copper being based upon ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"cadmium sulphide is a brilliant yellow substance, the remaining sulphides are white. Mercury,—This element is the only metal that is liquid at common ..."

4. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"cadmium sulphide, CdS = 144—Cd, 777 per cent ; S, 22'3 per cent — known as a mineral termed Greenockite. When prepared in the wet way, it is a lemon-yellow ..."

5. The Metallurgy of Zinc and Cadmium by Walter Renton Ingalls (1903)
"cadmium sulphide is insoluble in dilute acids, but is soluble in concentrated ... cadmium sulphide is employed as a constituent of yellow pigments. ..."

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