zinc sulfide
noun
: a fluorescent white to yellowish compound ZnS used especially as a white pigment and a phosphor
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In fact, scientists have been doing studies like this since the 1960s, releasing tracers such as zinc sulfide powder or sulfur hexafluoride gas into the stratosphere to study air currents.
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Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
Now that the ship is out of water, those nanoparticles—namely zinc sulfide—are oxidizing and becoming acidic, reports Ars Technica.
—Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2021
Surrounding this core is an intermediate unreactive layer, for example a zinc sulfide shell.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
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Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
Now that the ship is out of water, those nanoparticles—namely zinc sulfide—are oxidizing and becoming acidic, reports Ars Technica.
—Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2021
Surrounding this core is an intermediate unreactive layer, for example a zinc sulfide shell.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
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“Zinc sulfide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zinc%20sulfide. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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