carbon disulphide

British

noun

Also called (not in technical usage): carbon bisulphide. a colourless slightly soluble volatile flammable poisonous liquid commonly having a disagreeable odour due to the presence of impurities: used as an organic solvent and in the manufacture of rayon and carbon tetrachloride. Formula: CS 2

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In the next stage, the pulp is treated with a number of chemicals, including carbon disulphide, to make it soluble in sodium hydroxide.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Another advantage is that a smaller percentage of the toxic substance carbon disulphide is needed compared to standard processes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

But it carried a fearsome cargo�eighty 55-gallon drums of carbon disulphide, a poisonous and volatile chemical used as a solvent in making rayon and rubber goods.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not soluble in water, but is freely soluble in some other liquids, notably in carbon disulphide.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Ordinary phosphorus is soluble in oil, alcohol, ether, chloroform, and carbon disulphide; insoluble in water.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

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