zinc sulfide

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zinc sulfide

A yellow to white crystalline compound, ZnS, occurring naturally as sphalerite and wurtzite, and used as a phosphor and as a pigment in the manufacture of paper.

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zinc sulfide - a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment

zinc sulphide

sulfide, sulphide - a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive

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atomic number 49 atomic number 81 blende In indium lithopone sphalerite sulfide sulphide thallium Tl wurtzite zinc blende zinc sulphide			They discovered that zinc sulfide nanoparticles "were being scooped up and glommed together into spheroids," he says. Double-acting bacteria immobilize toxic nanoparticles by Science News Here it was found that for the different sulfur (and zinc oxide) containing polymeric rubber compounds, zinc sulfide (ZnS) was the most disturbing reaction by-product of curingvulcanization that causes mold fouling. Mold fouling during rubber vulcanization by van Baarle, B. / Rubber World The metal zinc does not occur in nature, but zinc sulfide (sphalerite) is found in limestones and dolomites, usually along with galena, the sulfide of lead. Interesting visual effects using novel pigments by Fishman, Harvey M. / Household & Personal Products Industry			Zimbabwean Zimbabwean dollar Zimbalist Ziment-water Zimmer Zimmer frame Zimocca Zinacef zinc zinc amide Zinc amine Zinc amyle zinc blende Zinc bloom zinc cadmium sulfide zinc chloride zinc deficiency Zinc ethyl Zinc green Zinc methyl zinc ointment zinc oxide zinc oxide ointment zinc spinel zinc sulfate zinc sulfide zinc sulphate zinc sulphide zinc vitriol zinc white Zincane zincate Zincic Zincide zinciferous Zincification Zincify zincite zinckenite Zincking Zincky zinco Zinco- Zinco-polar Zincode zincograph Zincographer zincography Zincoid Zincongraphic Zincous			Zinc Resistor Zinc Rich Paint Zinc Rich Primers zinc salt poisoning Zinc selenide Zinc selenide Zinc silicate Zinc silicate Zinc spar Zinc spar zinc spinel zinc spinel Zinc stearate Zinc stearate Zinc stearate Zinc stearate Zinc Storage Battery zinc sulfate zinc sulfate zinc sulfate zinc sulfate zinc sulfate flotation test zinc sulfate flotation test zinc sulfate flotation test zinc sulfate flotation test Zinc Sulfate Turbidity zinc sulfate turbidity test zinc sulfate turbidity test zinc sulfate turbidity test zinc sulfate turbidity test zinc sulfide Zinc Sulfide Detection System Zinc Sulfide Detector Zinc Sulfide System Zinc Sulfide Tracer zinc sulfide white zinc sulphate zinc sulphate zinc sulphate Zinc Sulphide Zinc Sulphide Zinc Sulphide Zinc Sulphide Zinc telluride Zinc tiles Zinc tiles Zinc tiles Zinc tiles Zinc Tolerance Test Zinc Transporter zinc undecylenate zinc undecylenate zinc undecylenate zinc undecylenate zinc vitriol zinc vitriol zinc vitriol Zinc whiskers zinc white zinc white zinc white

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