hydrosulphide

British

/ ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsʌlfaɪd /

noun

Technical name: hydrogen sulphide. any salt derived from hydrogen sulphide by replacing one of its hydrogen atoms with a metal atom

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The action of the vapor of the ammonium hydrosulphide will cause the obliterated writing to slowly turn brown, then black.

From Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds by Lavay, Jerome Buell

Two saucers containing yellow ammonium hydrosulphide are placed in the bottom of the box.

From Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds by Lavay, Jerome Buell

It is a white powder which is readily decomposed by water with the formation of the hydroxide and hydrosulphide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

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