sulphuret

British  

/ ˈsʌlfjʊˌrɛt /

verb

1. (tr) to treat or combine with sulphur

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Example Sentences

Zinc is found, in the form of a sulphuret, in small quantities, at several of the lead-mines in Washington county.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

The ore is in the state of a sulphuret, is easily reduced, and yields about sixty-two and a half per cent. of metal.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

In this case the desired effect may often be produced by also moistening the head, say twice a week, with water, to which a little sulphuret of potassium or hydrosulphuret of ammonia has been added.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

This was, unquestionably, not the harmless plumbago to which that name is now usually given, but galena, or plumbum nigrum, a native sulphuret of lead, probably used for a glaze by the potters of Charlestown.

From The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman Who Murdered Their Master at Charlestown, Mass., in 1755; for Which the Man Was Hanged and Gibbeted, and the Woman Was Burned to Death. Including, Also, Some Account of Other Punishments by Burning in Massachusetts by Goodell, Abner Cheney

The silver ore of Esmeralda and Coso is a sulphuret of silver, nearly all the veins having the same material, though the amount of it scattered through the vein-stone differs greatly in different lodes.

From Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining by Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer)