What is "carbon disulfide"

alt. (context inorganic compound English) 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. n. (context inorganic compound English) 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.

n. a toxic colorless flammable liquid (CS2); used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane and carbon tetrachloride and as a solvent for rubber

Carbon disulfide is a colorless volatile liquid with the formula CS. The compound is used frequently as a building block in organic chemistry as well as an industrial and chemical non-polar solvent. It has an " ether-like" odor, but commercial samples are typically contaminated with foul-smelling impurities.

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