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- noun (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called
disulphuret . Cf.bisulphide .
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- noun chemistry any
sulphide containing twosulphur atoms in eachmolecule
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Examples
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One tablespoon and one teaspoon of crotyl mercaptan, one tablespoon and one teaspoon of isopentyl mercaptan, and one tablespoon of methyl crotyl disulphide.
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Heating or pasteurization destroys the delicate disulphide bonds that give these proteins their bioactivity.
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In special cases other methods of linkage may well occur, e.g. the disulphide linkage discovered by E. Baumann in which the connection of two carbon chains is made by two interlinked sulphur atoms.
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To remove the last trace of carbon disulphide from the wool in the hydro-extractor, cold water is admitted, and when the wool is soaked, the machine again revolves.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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A sample which I analyzed lost in drying 36.2 per cent., the loss consisting of water and carbon disulphide.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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The vulcanization of thin articles from one twenty-fifth to one-sixteenth inch thick, is done by Parkes 'patented process, that is, dipping it in carbon disulphide for a short time, to which chloride or bromide of sulphur has been added, and when the solvent has evaporated the sulphur remains behind.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various
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A portion of the black specimen being dissolved in carbon disulphide there remained undissolved merely a trace of a very pale yellow matter which seemed to be amorphous phosphorus.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Various
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Carbon disulphide has also been patented, but, as will afterward be shown, the old method of removing it from the wool injured the color and quality of the fiber, so as to make the application of this scouring agent a failure.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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The sulphur of the galena falls to the bottom of the bath, and may be separated from the gangue by solution in carbon disulphide.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Various
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The distinguishing features of Mr. Mullings 'process are, method by which loss of carbon disulphide is avoided, and the extraction of that solvent by means of cold water.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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