Dicaesium disulphide

  • Formula: Cs2S2
  • Hill system formula: Cs2S2
  • CAS registry number: [12134-25-7]
  • Formula weight: 329.943
  • Class: sulphide
  • Colour: yellow
  • Appearance: solid
  • Melting point: 460°C
  • Boiling point:
  • Density:

The following are some synonyms of dicaesium disulphide:

  • dicaesium disulphide
  • caesium(I) persulphide
  • caesium persulfide
  • caesium persulphide
  • caesium(I) persulfide
  • cesium persulfide
  • cesium persulphide
  • cesium(I) persulfide
  • cesium(I) persulphide
  • dicaesium disulfide
  • dicaesium persulfide
  • dicaesium persulphide
  • dicesium disulfide
  • dicesium disulphide
  • dicesium persulfide
  • dicesium persulphide

The oxidation number of caesium in dicaesium disulphide is 1.

Synthesis

Not available

Element analysis

The table shows element percentages for Cs2S2 (dicaesium disulphide).

Element %
Cs 80.56
S 19.44

Isotope pattern for Cs2S2

The chart below shows the calculated isotope pattern for the formula Cs2S2 with the most intense ion set to 100%.

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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