carbon bisulphide

British  

noun

1. (not in technical usage) another name for carbon disulphide

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carbon bisulphide

The carbon bisulphide that has been used is placed in steam-heated stills, distilled off from the grease, condensed in suitable condensers, and used over again.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

The flask and its contents are heated on the water bath at 100° C. with constant attention, until the last traces of the carbon bisulphide have distilled away.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

There still remain the sulphuretted hydrogen and the carbon bisulphide, both of which are extremely offensive to the nostrils.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald

The carbon bisulphide is really spreading all the while, but on account of its volatility is unable to reach any considerable distance.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

After keeping for some days — especially if exposed to light — the crystals lose their optical properties, but remain of the same melting-point, and are perfectly soluble in carbon bisulphide.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard