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zinc sulfide |
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zinc sulfide [′ziŋk ′səl‚fīd] (inorganic chemistry) ZnS A yellowish powder that is insoluble in water, soluble in acids; exists in two crystalline forms (alpha, or wurtzite, and beta, or sphalerite); beta becomes alpha at 1020°C, and sublimes at 1180°C; used as a pigment for paints and linoleum, in opaque glass, rubber, and plastics, for hydrosulfite dyeing process, as x-ray and television screen phosphor, and as a fungicide. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 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. Today's High Intensity PL safety grade products use new generation strontium aluminate pigments for significantly better performance than previous zinc sulfide pigments. In 2000, Jill Banfield, a geochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, and her colleagues reported formation of zinc sulfide particles by bacteria living in a flooded tunnel of an abandoned lead mine near Tennyson, Wis. |
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