cadmium sulphide

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

GREENOCKITE, a rare mineral composed of cadmium sulphide, CdS, occurring as small, brilliant, honey-yellow crystals or as a canary-yellow powder.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

These coatings have probably been formed by the decomposition of cadmium-bearing zinc sulphide in the oxide zone, the carrying down of the cadmium in solution, and its precipitation as secondary cadmium sulphide.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)