sulfides
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Among more common minerals, oxides and sulfides tend to have a higher specific gravity as they include elements with higher atomic mass.
Bioleaching of non-sulfidic ores by layering of waste sulfides and elemental sulfur, colonized by Acidithiobacillus spp., has been accomplished, which provides a strategy for accelerated leaching of materials that do not contain sulfide minerals.
British Aluminium used the process of Paul Héroult about this time. citation The ores of base metals are often sulfides.
Carbon-sulfur compounds Important inorganic carbon sulfur compounds are the carbon sulfides carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS).
Many powdered sulfides, such as pyrite, have a sulfurous smell when powdered.
Also, new evidence suggests that colonic H 2 S is largely present in bound forms, probably sulfides of iron and other metals.