Lexic.us

Definition of Carbon disulfide

1. Noun. A toxic colorless flammable liquid (CS2); used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane and carbon tetrachloride and as a solvent for rubber.

Definition of Carbon disulfide

1. Noun. (inorganic compound) A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS₂, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Carbon disulfide

1. Carbon disulfide (cs2). A colourless, flammable, poisonous liquid, cs2. It is used as a solvent, and is a counterirritant and has local anaesthetic properties but is not used as such. It is highly toxic with pronounced CNS, haematologic, and dermatologic effects. Chemical name: Carbon disulfide (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Disulfide

Literary usage of Carbon disulfide

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

1. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"[4] McCammon, CS, PM Quinn and R. Kupel. A Charcoal Sampling Method and a Gas Chromatographie Analytical Procedure for carbon disulfide, Am. Ind. Hyg. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"On the other hand, we found that the halogen aldehydes combine with practically all of the alkaloids soluble in carbon disulfide, forming additive products ..."

3. An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson, William Edwards Henderson (1917)
"carbon disulfide is a heavy, colorless, highly refractive liquid which boils at 40°. ... An electric furnace for the production of carbon disulfide 2 2 2 2 ..."

4. Carotinoids and Related Pigments: The Chromolipoids by Leroy Sheldon Palmer (1922)
"'three or four extractions being sufficient as a rule to accomplish this result. With the exception of the first carbon disulfide extract, which contained ..."

5. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"If such a solution is shaken with carbon disulfide, the distribution law holds only for the ... For iodine in pure water and iodine in carbon disulfide, ..."

6. Organic Compounds of Mercury by Frank Clifford Whitmore (1921)
"It is best crystallized from hot benzene, carbon disulfide, or amyl alcohol. ... A solution in carbon disulfide does not react with zinc, copper, ..."

7. General Chemistry by Hamilton Perkins Cady (1916)
"The alcoholic solution is brown, while that in chloroform or carbon disulfide has the violet color of the vapor. Free iodine will dissolve in solid starch ..."

Other Resources: