carbon disulfide

English

Alternative forms

carbon disulphide

Noun

carbon disulfide (uncountable)

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS₂, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds.

Synonyms

carbon bisulfide
sulphuretted carbon (obsolete)

Translations

binary compound of carbon and sulfur

Finnish: hiilidisulfidi, rikkihiili (fi)
German: Kohlenstoffdisulfid n, Schwefelkohlenstoff m

Hindi: प्रांगार द्विगन्धेय (praangaar dvigandheya)
Irish: déshuilfíd charbóin f

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