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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

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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

These include creating receptor–T4 lysozyme and receptor–apocytochrome chimaeras, co-crystallization with monoclonal antibody fragments from either mouse or camelids, and thermostabilization of GPCRs by systematic scanning mutagenesis or by engineering disulphide bridges.

From Nature • Feb. 13, 2013

The flames of phosphorus in oxygen and of carbon disulphide in nitric oxide contain only gaseous products, and Frankland showed that the flames of hydrogen and carbon monoxide became highly luminous under pressure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various