bisulfide

[ bahy-suhl-fahyd, -fid ]

/ baɪˈsʌl faɪd, -fɪd /

a disulfide.

Origin of bisulfide

First recorded in 1860–65; bi-¹ + sulfide

Sulphur dissolved in bisulphide of carbon was found almost perfectly diathermic.

Fragments of science, V. 1-2 |John Tyndall
The gold bronze is usually made of Dutch gold (an alloy of copper and zinc) and of the bisulphide of tin (aurum musivum).

Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.--No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 |Various
While, however, a layer of the bisulphide of carbon 0.07 of an inch in thickness transmits 72 per cent.

Fragments of science, V. 1-2 |John Tyndall
After this test, bisulphide of carbon was added to the water, and the time and pressure were noted.

The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] |John Phin

I said to myself, "Probably quartz with sulphurets" (bisulphide of iron).

In Search of a Siberian Klondike |Homer B. Hulbert

bisulphide

/ (baɪˈsʌlfaɪd) /

another name for disulphide

bisulfide

[ bī-sŭl′fīd′ ]

disulfide