Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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zinc sulfide

A compound (ZnS), which occurs naturally as "blende," and is prepared directly from the elements and by precipitation of a zinc salt solution with ammonium sulfide. It is used as a pigment, or as a component ofLITHOPONE as a loading material or coating pigment in the manufacture of paper. (17 )




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