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mercuric sulfide
or mercury sulfide
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noun Chemistry.
a crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous compound, HgS, occurring as a coarse, black powder (black mercuric sulfide ) or as a fine, bright-scarlet powder (red mercuric sulfide ): used chiefly as a pigment and as a source of the free metal.
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Origin of mercuric sulfide
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby mercuric sulfide
mercurialism, mercurialize, mercuric, mercuric chloride, mercuric oxide, mercuric sulfide, mercuric sulphide, mercurify, mercurize, mercuro-, Mercurochrome
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