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Definition of Sulfide

1. Noun. A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive.

Definition of Sulfide

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group. ¹

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Definition of Sulfide

1. a sulfur compound [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfide

Literary usage of Sulfide

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

1. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"Hydrogen sulfide precipitates the zinc as sulfide, from neutral solutions ... At 25° the concentration of a saturated solution of hydrogen sulfide is about ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"It proved to be silver sulfide. Dr. HE Merwin kindly examined it microscopically. He found it to be perfectly homogeneous and in neither case when natural ..."

3. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage by American Chemical Society (1917)
"FERROUS sulfide. The liberation of hydrogen sulfide on adding dilute hydrochloric acid to a sludge indicates the presence of ferrous sulfide. ..."

4. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage by American Public Health Association, American Chemical Society (1917)
"FERROUS sulfide. The liberation of hydrogen sulfide on adding dilute hydrochloric acid to a sludge indicates the presence of ferrous sulfide. ..."

5. Standard methods for the examination of water and sewage by American Public Health Association, American Chemical Society (1920)
"FERROUS sulfide. The liberation of hydrogen sulfide on adding dilute hydrochloric acid to a sludge indicates the presence of ferrous sulfide. ..."

6. Laboratory Manual of Colloid Chemistry by Harry Nicholls Holmes (1922)
"Precipitate cadmium sulfide with ammonium sulfide, filter, wash and suspend in ... When suspension is complete boil off the excess of hydrogen sulfide. ..."

7. A Course of Instruction in the Qualitative Chemical Analysis of Inorganic by Arthur Amos Noyes (1920)
"DETECTION or SULFATE, CARBONATE, sulfide, AND CYANIDE. Boil 0.5 g. of the substance with HCl and Zn, collecting the distillate in Ba(OH)2 solution; ..."

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