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- noun (Chem.) A nonacid compound consisting of one equivalent of sulphur and more than one equivalent of some other body, as a metal.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
subsulfide .
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The same substance is obtained when the trisulphide is heated in a current of hydrogen; a portion volatilizes, and is deposited again further along the tube, while the residue fuses, and becomes reduced to the unalterable subsulphide B_ {4} S, sulphureted hydrogen passing away in the stream of gas.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 Various
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The copper is then separated as subsulphide by means of hyposulphite of soda, and the precipitate is washed, dried, and calcined.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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The subsulphide of copper thus obtained contains 79.85 per cent. of copper; it is a greyish-black crystalline mass, which loses no weight on ignition if air is excluded.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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