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Dysprosium compounds: didysprosium trisulphide

The dysprosium in didysprosium trisulphide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Didysprosium trisulphide

Formula as often written: Dy₂S₃
Hill system formula: Dy₂S₃
CAS registry number: [12133-10-7]
Formula weight: 421.198
Class: sulphide

Synonyms

didysprosium trisulphide
dysprosium(III) sulphide
didysprosium trisulfide
dysprosium sulfide
dysprosium sulphide
dysprosium(III) sulfide

Physical properties

Colour: red-brown
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point:
Boiling point:
Density: 6080 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in didysprosium trisulphide
Element	%
Dy	77.16
S	22.84

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

Geometry of dysprosium:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of didysprosium trisulphide

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Dy₂S₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Dy₂S₃

mass  %
412   0.0 
413   0.1 
414   0.1 
415   0.3 
416   0.6 
417   3.8 __
418  19.3 __________
419  43.8 ______________________
420  71.9 ____________________________________
421 100.0 __________________________________________________
422  93.1 _______________________________________________
423  70.4 ___________________________________
424  44.4 ______________________
425   9.0 ____
426   4.9 __
427   0.4 
428   0.2 
429   0.0 
430   0.0

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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