sulphidesulfiden.
Chem.
1.
a. A compound of sulphur with another element (usually denoted by a qualifying term).
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sulphura1500
sulphure1794
sulphide1836
sulphur acid1836
1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. I. 81 Sulphide of arsenic.
1856 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. II. vii. §1. 584 An insoluble metallic sulphide.
1875 A. S. Taylor On Poisons (ed. 3) 51 The alkaline sulphides (sodium and ammonium).
1880 J. W. Legg Bile 30 Sulphide of carbon and benzol are..good solvents.
b. hydrogen sulphide, sulphide of hydrogen, sulphuretted hydrogen, H2S. (Also attrib.)
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Canton's phosphorus1787
subsulphide1846
hydrogen sulphide1849
polysulphide1849
trisulphide1866
1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 264 Sulphide of hydrogen gas.
1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 216 Hydrogen sulphide is a colourless gas, having the odour of putrid eggs.
1881 Nature 6 Oct. 550/2 This sulphide of hydrogen tube.
2. attrib., chiefly with reference to the treatment of metallic sulphides in manufacturing processes.
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sulphide1893
sulphidic1929
1893 Westm. Gaz. 14 July 6/1 The hitherto intractable sulphide ore.
1899 Daily News 22 Apr. 2/7 This company's sulphide plant.
1900 Daily News 10 May 2/7 The sulphide mill.
Derivatives
ˈsulphide v. (trans.) to convert into or impregnate with a sulphide.
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1950 R. W. Moncrieff Artificial Fibres viii. 105 The yarn was wound into skeins, and these were washed, *sulphided, bleached and washed.
sulphiˈdation n. impregnation with a sulphide.
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sulphidation1904
sulphiding1955
1904 U.S. Geol. Surv., Monogr. XLVII. 205 *Sulphidation is the union of sulphur with a metal forming sulphides.
ˈsulphiding n.
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sulphiding1955
1955 E. E. Loening et al. in R. S. Schultze Sci. & Applic. Photogr. 62 In the case of *sulphiding, the left part of the curves is..absent.
1982 Photogr. Sci. & Engin. XXVI. 223/1 Sulfiding of the cathode can be minimized by poising the potential of the cathode more positive than −0·55 v.
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