Definition of Cadmium yellow

1. Noun. Pigment of cadmium sulfide and barium sulfate varying in hue from lemon yellow to orange.

Generic synonyms: Pigment
Specialized synonyms: Cadmium Yellow Pale, Cadmium Orange

Definition of Cadmium yellow

1. Noun. cadmium sulphide when used as a pigment ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadmium Yellow

cadis
cadmian
cadmic
cadmiferous
cadmium
cadmium cell
cadmium chloride
cadmium compounds
cadmium orange
cadmium oxide
cadmium poisoning
cadmium radioisotopes
cadmium sulfide
cadmium sulphide
cadmium translocating ATPase
cadmium yellow
cadmium yellow pale
cadmium yellows
cadmiums
cadmoindite
cadmoselite
cadr
cadralazine
cadrans
cadranses
cadre
cadre parties
cadre party
cadres
cads

Literary usage of Cadmium yellow

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

1. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp (1916)
"cadmium yellow is cadmium sulphide (CdS), and is made by precipitating a cadmium ... Sometimes cadmium yellow is made by using ammonium sulphides instead of ..."

2. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"Cadmium Sulfide* (cadmium yellow; Jaune brilliant) CdS. Color and properties: Light yellow ... cadmium yellow. See Cadmium sulfide. Caesalpina echinata. ..."

3. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"cadmium yellow This consists of cadmium sulphide and, according to the conditions of its formation, exhibits various colours from pale lemon yellow to deep ..."

4. Chemistry for Engineers and Manufacturers by Bertram Blount, Arthur G. Bloxam (1896)
"cadmium yellow is CdS, which exists in two shades, the yellow sulphide being precipitated when sulphuretted hydrogen is passed through a neutral or slightly ..."

5. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"cadmium yellow (Jaune brilliant; CdS).—This pigment is prepared by the action of sulphuretted hydrogen upon soluble cadmium salts; a little free acid should ..."

6. The Chemistry of Paints and Painting by Arthur Herbert Church (1901)
"Neutral orange is a mixture of cadmium yellow with Venetian red. ... Pure cadmium yellow, when heated moderately, becomes orange-red or red, ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Colors for Painting: Comprising by Jean René Denis Riffault des Hêtres, Armand Denis Vergnaud, G. Alvar Toussaint (1874)
"cadmium yellow. This salt is of a remarkably fine orange-yellow color, ... cadmium yellow is obtained by passing a stream of sulphuretted hydrogen through a ..."

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