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sulfides

sulfides is the plural of sulfide.

Meaning of sulfide

Noun

sulfide (plural sulfides)

  1. (US) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.
    • Newmont Mining Corp's Yanacocha sulfides project to expand gold production in Peru has been delayed and will only be developed "at the pace the pandemic allows," CEO Tom Palmer said on Wednesday at an industry conference.2021 September 22, Reuters, “Newmont's Yanacocha sulfides project delayed by pandemic -CEO”, in Reuters
  2. (organosulfide) A class of organic compounds RSR', where R and R' represent an alkyl group or other organic substituent.

Phrases with sulfides

Questions about sulfides

What is sulfides the plural of?
Sulfides is the plural of sulfide.

Words near sulfides in the dictionary

  1. sulfidation
  2. sulfidations
  3. sulfide
  4. sulfide of carbon
  5. sulfided
  6. sulfides
  7. sulfidic
  8. sulfiding
  9. sulfido
  10. sulfidogenic
  11. sulfidoleukotriene

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