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
"They are highly vulnerable to corrosion," and to CO2, or hydrogen sulphide, both of which are found in subsea well environments, he said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 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
Lū′minousness, Luminos′ity.—Luminous paint, a phosphorescent powder, such as sulphide or oxysulphide of calcium, ground up with a colourless varnish or other medium, and used as a paint.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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