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Carbon disulphide
A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS2, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds.
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A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS2, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds.
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| carbon disulfidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS₂, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds. |
| carbon bisulphidenoun | Alternative form of carbon disulfide. [(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS₂, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds.] |
| carbon bisulfidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) carbon disulfide |
| sulphuretted carbonnoun | (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) carbon disulfide |
| sulphide of carbonnoun | (obsolete, chemistry) carbon disulphide |
| sulfide of carbonnoun | (obsolete, chemistry) carbon disulfide |
| carbonylsulfidenoun | Alternative spelling of carbonyl sulfide. [(inorganic chemistry) The mixed oxide and sulfide of carbon COS.] |
| carbon oxysulfidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) carbonyl sulfide |
| carbonyl sulfidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) The mixed oxide and sulfide of carbon COS. |
| disulphidenoun | Alternative spelling of disulfide. [(organic chemistry) A functional group with two sulfur atoms bonded to one another, described by the following formula: R–S–S–R'.] |
| carbon oxysulphidenoun | (chiefly British) Alternative spelling of carbon oxysulfide. [(inorganic chemistry) carbonyl sulfide] |
| disulfidenoun | (organic chemistry) A functional group with two sulfur atoms bonded to one another, described by the following formula: R–S–S–R'. |
| carbon diselenidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) The binary compound of carbon and selenium CSe₂ |
| disulphurnoun | Alternative spelling of disulfur. [(inorganic chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of sulfur in a compound.] |
| carbosulfidenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A mixed carbide and sulfide |
| disulphanenoun | (chemistry) Alternative spelling of disulfane. [(organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing two sulfur atoms joined together.] |
| sulphocarbonic acidnoun | (chemistry, obsolete) A sulphacid, H₂CSO₂, analogous to carbonic acid. |
| sulphur dioxidenoun | (inorganic chemistry, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of sulfur dioxide. [(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) A toxic gas, of molecular formula SO₂ that is found in the emissions of volcanos and those of burning coal or petroleum; dissolves in water to form sulfurous acid and, in the presence of oxygen, sulfuric acid, and is thus responsible for acid rain.] |
| sulphur monoxidenoun | Alternative spelling of sulfur monoxide. [(inorganic chemistry) An unstable binary compound, SO, of sulfur and oxygen.] |
| sulfur dichloridenoun | (inorganic chemistry) A chemical compound, SCl₂, which exists as a red liquid at room temperature. |
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