hydrogen sulphide

noun

1. a colourless poisonous soluble flammable gas with an odour of rotten eggs: used as a reagent in chemical analysis. Formula: H 2 S Also calledsulphuretted hydrogen

Example Sentences

NRW says it has identified the smell as hydrogen sulphide.

From BBC

"They are highly vulnerable to corrosion," and to CO2, or hydrogen sulphide, both of which are found in subsea well environments, he said.

From Science Daily

"They also maintain their integrity over the long term, because they are not affected by corrosion, or by CO2 or hydrogen sulphide. And they also have a reduced installation time due to the rapid hardening of the alloy," Hmadeh said.

From Science Daily

The following week an anti-suffragette counter-protest used a motor horn and noxious hydrogen sulphide gas to try and disrupt the speakers.

From BBC

In March, this year the Environment Agency said conditions at Walleys Quarry had improved and hydrogen sulphide levels on the site are now less than a quarter of what they were in 2021.

From BBC