cadmium sulphide

noun

1. an orange or yellow insoluble solid used as a pigment in paints, etc ( cadmium yellow ). Formula: CdS

Example Sentences

Cadmium occurs in nature as cadmium sulphide in greenockite, CdS, which is very rare.

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Collect and weigh the precipitate as cadmium sulphide, as described under Cadmium.

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The residue is cadmium sulphide, which contains 77.78 per cent.

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The powder is yellow, but less pure than that of cadmium sulphide obtained by precipitation.

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