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cadmium sulphide

NOUN
  1. ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form

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  • Cadmium sulphide, CdS, occurs naturally as greenockite (_q. v._), and can be artificially prepared by passing sulphuretted hydrogen through acid solutions of soluble cadmium salts, when it is precipitated as a pale yellow amorphous solid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
  • Cadmium occurs in nature as cadmium sulphide in greenockite, CdS, which is very rare. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
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