cadmium sulfide

noun

: a yellow-brown poisonous salt CdS used especially in electronic parts, in photoelectric cells, and in medicine

Examples of cadmium sulfide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While at Bell Laboratories, Brus experimented with nanoparticles of cadmium sulfide, intrigued by their ability to capture light and harness that energy to drive chemical reactions. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023 In a statement to CNN, Army spokesperson Ellen Lovett said five examinations of the Army’s use of zinc cadmium sulfide in their aerosol dispersion tests have all shown the mist was non-toxic. Justin Gamble, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023 Brus repeated this effect a few years later, demonstrating the same change in color with quantum dots of cadmium sulfide, floating freely in a fluid instead of in glass. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023 Under high-humidity conditions, the yellow cadmium sulfide pigment reacts with moisture in the environment to turn into cadmium sulfate, which is white. Stephanie Demarco, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2021 Their nanocrystals are hexagonal, platelike crystals of copper sulfide, with a border of cadmium sulfide. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022 Infrared excitation in the copper sulfide creates hot electrons and holes, which are injected into the cadmium sulfide and recombine to emit high-energy light in the visible region. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022 By the 1840s, Cadmium Yellow, the pigment made of cadmium sulfide, was in artists’ hands. Stephanie Demarco, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2021 In the case of The Scream, yellow cadmium sulfide in the sunset has broken down into two white chemicals, cadmium sulfate and cadmium carbonate. Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cadmium sulfide was in 1833

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“Cadmium sulfide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cadmium%20sulfide. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

cadmium sulfide

noun
: a yellow-brown poisonous salt used especially in electronic parts, in photoelectric cells, and in medicine

Medical Definition

cadmium sulfide

noun
: a yellow-brown poisonous salt CdS used especially in electronic parts, in photoelectric cells, and in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp

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