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- adjective
treated ,impregnated orreacted withsulfur - adjective
reacted with sulfur in the absence ofoxygen
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- adjective treated or impregnated with sulfur
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Examples
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A tin solution acted on by sulfuretted hydrogen (H_ S) produces a dark-brown precipitate (SnS), stannous salt, which is soluble in ammonium sulfid (NH_ ) _ S_ ; this being precipitated, gives (SnS_ ) stannic salt, which is yellow.
Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth Henry Lovejoy Ambler 1883
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Where there is considerable decomposition of food which produces sulfuretted hydrogen, the sulfid of tin may be formed on and around the fillings; it is of a yellowish or brownish color, and as an antiseptic is in such cases desirable.
Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth Henry Lovejoy Ambler 1883
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