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disulphide

British  
/ daɪˈsʌlfaɪd /

noun

  1. Also called (not in technical usage): bisulphide. any chemical compound containing two sulphur atoms per molecule

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Because these movements are very fast, Hagelueken's team used what is known as disulphide engineering, a special biotechnological tool, to block the transporter.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024

I could apply a dry coating of tungsten disulphide to the BTUs, like I’d read about on gun forums.

From The Verge ● Mar. 9, 2022

Whittingham put metallic lithium in one end and a layered material called titanitum disulphide at the other; the titanium had spaces that could capture the flowing electrons.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 9, 2019

The germanium salts are most readily recognized by the white precipitate of the disulphide, formed in acid solutions, on passing sulphuretted hydrogen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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