sulphide
Britishnoun
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a compound of sulphur with a more electropositive element
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another name for thio-ether
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He adds that TD Cowen’s valuation is unchanged because it already excludes primary sulphide processing, which would come much later in the mine life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
This suggested that microscopic plankton living on the surface of the seas produce sulfur in the form of a gas, dimethyl sulphide, that once in the atmosphere, oxidizes and forms small particles called aerosols.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
Mining at South32’s Taylor sulphide deposit in Hermosa has been impacted by operational hazards as well as restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2023
There are three types of such mining: taking deposit-rich polymetallic nodules off the ocean floor, mining massive seafloor sulphide deposits and stripping cobalt crusts from rock.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
GREENOCKITE, a rare mineral composed of cadmium sulphide, CdS, occurring as small, brilliant, honey-yellow crystals or as a canary-yellow powder.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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