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Used to make rubber accelerators, and as a fungicide, a preservative for latex paint and wood, a metal chelator, and a thermal stabilizer (methyl methacrylate copolymers, acrylonitrile polymers, polyester fibers, anion exchange resins, polyoxyphenylene, and silicon fluids); Also used in electroplating (silver, nickel, and cobalt), to separate sulfide ore from copper ore, for dyeing