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ferrous sulfide

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ferrous sulfide [′fer·əs ′səl‚fīd]
(inorganic chemistry)
FeS Black crystals, insoluble in water, soluble in acids, melting point 1195°C; used to generate hydrogen sulfide in ceramics manufacture. Also known as iron sulfide.


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The solid residue of thermal processing contains in this case less sulfide sulfur, and the sulfur originates mainly from pyrite sulfur-formed ferrous sulfide, as it occurs also at thermal processing of dictyonema argillite.
The green tinged yolk in a boiled egg is ferrous sulfide, which develops more readily in older eggs.
 
 
 
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