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  • adjective treated, impregnated or reacted with sulfur
  • adjective reacted with sulfur in the absence of oxygen

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  • adjective treated or impregnated with sulfur

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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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