Sodium sulfide
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Sodium sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula Na2S, or more commonly its hydrate Na2S·9H2O. Both the anhydrous and the hydrated salts in pure crystalline form are colorless solids, although technical grades of sodium sulfide are generally yellow to brick red owing to the presence of polysulfides and commonly supplied as a crystalline mass, in flake form, or as a fused solid. They are water-soluble, giving strongly alkaline solutions. When exposed to moist air, Na2S and its hydrates emit hydrogen sulfide, an extremely toxic, flammable and corrosive gas which smells like rotten eggs.
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Disodium sulfide | |
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UN number | 1385 (anhydrous) 1849 (hydrate) |
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Na2S | |
Molar mass | 78.0452 g/mol (anhydrous) 240.18 g/mol (nonahydrate) |
Appearance | colorless, hygroscopic solid |
Odor | none |
Density | 1.856 g/cm3 (anhydrous) 1.58 g/cm3 (pentahydrate) 1.43 g/cm3 (nonohydrate) |
Melting point | 1,176 °C (2,149 °F; 1,449 K) (anhydrous) 100 °C (pentahydrate) 50 °C (nonahydrate) |
12.4 g/100 mL (0 °C) 18.6 g/100 mL (20 °C) 39 g/100 mL (50 °C) (hydrolyses) | |
Solubility | insoluble in ether slightly soluble in alcohol[1] |
−39.0·10−6 cm3/mol | |
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Antifluorite (cubic), cF12 | |
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Tetrahedral (Na+); cubic (S2−) | |
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H302, H311, H314, H400 | |
P260, P264, P270, P273, P280, P301+P312, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P312, P321, P322, P330, P361, P363, P391, P405, P501 | |
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> 480 °C (896 °F; 753 K) | |
Safety data sheet (SDS) | ICSC 1047 |
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Sodium oxide Sodium selenide Sodium telluride Sodium polonide |
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Lithium sulfide Potassium sulfide Rubidium sulfide Caesium sulfide |
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Sodium hydrosulfide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Some commercial samples are specified as Na2S·xH2O, where a weight percentage of Na2S is specified. Commonly available grades have around 60% Na2S by weight, which means that x is around 3. These grades of sodium sulfide are often marketed as 'sodium sulfide flakes'.