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cadmium sulphide

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noun

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

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Here an n-type semiconductor, such as cadmium sulphide, forms a depletion region when in contact with the p-type absorber.

From Nature Aug. 15, 2012

Efforts to replace cadmium sulphide with a buffer that contains no heavy metals must take into account the effect of conduction-band offset on device performance.

From Nature Aug. 15, 2012

Heart of the system is an artificially grown crystal of cadmium sulphide, which acts as a sort of amplifier tube when excited by X radiation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

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

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

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