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Magnesium vs Sulfide - What's the difference?

magnesium | sulfide |

As nouns the difference between magnesium and sulfide

is that magnesium is magnesium while sulfide is .

magnesium

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia magnesium)
  • A light, flammable, silvery metal, and a chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12.
  • * 1999 , Chapter 1 "Barrens"
  • The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.

    Derived terms

    * calcium magnesium carbonate * calcium magnesium silicate * magnesic * * * * magnesium aluminate * magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide * magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate * magnesium carbonate * magnesium chlorate * magnesium chloride * magnesium chlorite * magnesium citrate * magnesium diboride * magnesium fluoride * magnesium gallate * magnesium hydroxide * magnesium lamp * magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate * magnesium light * magnesium mica * magnesium nitrate * magnesium nitride * magnesium oxide * magnesium perchlorate * magnesium peroxide * magnesium ribbon * magnesium silicate * magnesium stearate * magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate * magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide * magnesium wire * manganoso-magnesium alum * potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate

    See also

    * artinite * Birmabright * bischofite * brucite * carnallite * deweylite * epsomite * gymnite * kieserite * lansfordite * nesquehonite * nigari * olivine * sellaite * talc

    Anagrams

    * ----

    sulfide

    Alternative forms

    * sulphide (UK )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.
  • Derived terms

    * antimony sulfide, antimony sulphide * aluminum sulfide, aluminium sulphide * arsenio-sulfide, arsenio-sulphide * arseno-sulfide, arseno-sulphide * barium sulfide, barium sulphide * bisulfide, bisulphide * cadmic sulfide, cadmic sulphide * cadmium sulfide, cadmium sulphide * calcium sulfide, calcium sulphide * carbon sulfide, carbon sulphide * carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide * copper sulfide, copper sulphide * cupric sulfide, cupric sulphide * cuprous sulfide, cuprous sulphide * disulfide, disulphide * ferric sulfide, ferric sulphide * ferrous sulfide, ferrous sulphide * heptasulfide, heptasulphide * hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen sulphide * hydrosulfide, hydrosulphide * iodosulfide, iodosulphide * iron sulfide, iron sulphide * lead sulfide, lead sulphide * lithium sulfide, lithium sulphide * magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide * mercuric sulfide, mercuric sulphide * mercurous sulfide, mercurous sulphide * mercury sulfide, mercury sulphide * molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum sulphide * nickel sulfide, nickel sulphide * oxysulfide, oxysulphide * pentasulfide, pentasulphide * plumbous sulfide, plumbous sulphide * polysulfide, polysulphide * selenium sulfide, selenium sulphide * sesquisulfide, sesquisulphide * silver sulfide, silver sulphide * sodium sulfide, sodium sulphide * stannic sulfide, stannic sulphide * sulfidation, sulphidation * sulfide of antimony, sulphide of antimony * sulfide of arsenic, sulphide of arsenic * sulfide of carbon, sulphide of carbon * sulfide of hydrogen, sulphide of hydrogen * sulfidic, sulphidic * sulfiding, sulphiding * tellurium sulfide, tellurium sulphide * thallium sulfide, thallium sulphide * thiosulfide, thiosulphide * tungsten sulfide, tungsten sulphide * vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide * vanadous sulfide, vanadous sulphide * zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide

    See also

    * mercaptan ----