oxysulphide

/ (ˌɒksɪˈsʌlfaɪd) /

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noun

chem a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur

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Words nearby oxysulphide

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How to use oxysulphide in a sentence

An impure oxysulphide of antimony, with variable portions of trioxide, and undecomposed tersulphide.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
The Flowers of Antimony is an impure oxysulphide of antimony, with variable proportions of trioxide and undecomposed trisulphide.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
Sometimes it occurs as the pure metal, and rarer in a state of oxidation as an antimonious acid and as the oxysulphide.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe|Anonymous
It is a white amorphous infusible powder, which when strongly heated in sulphuretted hydrogen, yields an oxysulphide.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6|Various