Dictionary entry

Sulfide

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlfʌɪd/

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌlfʌɪd/

Myanmar Meaning

sulphide

Definition

sulfide ( US ) = SULPHIDE

Examples

  1. ‘In this paper
  2. we show that the opaline silica and amorphous sulphides are precipitating mainly on filamentous microbes and biofilms
  3. which form templates for both the metal-rich sinter and the suspended flocs.’
  4. ‘The technique can identify iron-bearing phases (such as oxides
  5. silicates
  6. sulfides
  7. sulfates
  8. and carbonates)
  9. as well as the amount of iron in each phase and the presence of iron in various oxidation states.’
  10. ‘These pollutants include ozone
  11. sulphides
  12. nitrogen oxides
  13. carbon monoxide
  14. hydrocarbons
  15. and sulphur oxides.’
  16. ‘Although an amino acid acceptor of sulphide is necessary for sulphate assimilation
  17. only little attention was paid to the regulation of S assimilation by carbon metabolites.’
  18. ‘The latter mineral
  19. a sulphide of iron
  20. has a shiny metallic lustre and was often mistaken for gold itself: it is the infamous fool's gold.’
  21. ‘Flasks and bottles full of nitrates and sulphides and chlorates and acetone
  22. labelled in English and Arabic
  23. lay on dirty tables.’
  24. ‘DOCs include all compounds of carbon except for its oxides
  25. sulphides and metal carbonates if they are identifiable by chemical name.’
  26. ‘Similarly
  27. metallic iron and many other metals
  28. alloys
  29. oxides
  30. sulfides and other compounds containing iron and a number of other transition metals can be magnetized.’
  31. ‘The solids used include natural clays and minerals
  32. metal oxides and sulfides
  33. metal salts
  34. and mixed metal oxides.’
  35. ‘The Podolia ash beds consist largely of clay minerals accompanied by a variety of primary volcanogenic crystals and secondary sulphides
  36. sulphates
  37. carbonates
  38. and silicates.’
  39. ‘Most metals are so readily oxidized by atmospheric oxygen that they are only found naturally as oxides
  40. sulfides or salts.’
  41. ‘By anaerobic bacterial action
  42. sulphates are reduced to sulphides and organic material is broken down
  43. ultimately to yield carbon dioxide and methane.’
  44. ‘These metals occurs in the earth in the form of sulfides
  45. such as copper sulfide
  46. lead sulfide
  47. and zinc sulfide (ZnS).’
  48. ‘These groups are the silicate minerals
  49. carbonate minerals
  50. and halides.’
  51. ‘During primary sulphate assimilation in chloroplasts
  52. sulphate is reduced via sulphite to the organic sulphide which is used for cysteine biosynthesis.’
  53. ‘One is a copper sulfate assemblage
  54. which is generally associated with copper carbonates
  55. cuprite