Crossword clues for blende
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. ??? slippery, uncertain. See Blende.] (Min.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a) .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
an ore of zinc, 1680s, from German Blende, a back-formation from blenden "to blind, deceive" (see blind (adj.)). So called because it resembles lead but does not yield any.
Wiktionary
n. (context mineral English) A naturally-occurring sulphide of zinc.
WordNet
n. an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form [syn: zinc blende, sphalerite]
Wikipedia
Blende may refer to:
- Sphalerite (Zinc blende, ZnS), the most common usage
- Hornblende
- Pitchblende
- an alternative name for Rana Niejta
Usage examples of "blende".
One gram of copper pyrites, blende, fahlerz, or mispickel, yields 7 or 8 grams of lead, whilst 1 gram of antimonite will give 6, and 1 gram of galena only a little over 3 grams.
How would blende compare with pyrites as a source of sulphur for sulphuric acid making?
In that it is possible to watch the bombardment of the countless little corpuscles thrown off by radium, as they strike on the zinc blende crystal which forms the base.