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zinc sulfide
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noun Chemistry.
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.
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Origin of zinc sulfide
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby zinc sulfide
zincous, zinc oxide, zinc phosphide, zinc stearate, zinc sulfate, zinc sulfide, zinc sulphate, zinc white, zindabad, Zinder, 'zine
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How to use zinc sulfide in a sentence
Moreover, they found particles that previous methods hadn’t detected, such as zinc sulfide produced by bacteria.
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