Dineodymium trisulphide

Neodymium compounds: dineodymium trisulphide

The neodymium in dineodymium trisulphide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Dineodymium trisulphide

• Formula as often written: Nd₂S₃
• Hill system formula: Nd₂S₃
• CAS registry number: [12035-32-4]
• Formula weight: 384.678
• Class: sulphide

Synonyms

• dineodymium trisulphide
• neodymium(III) sulphide
• dineodymium trisulfide
• neodymium sulfide
• neodymium sulphide
• neodymium(III) sulfide

Physical properties

• Colour:
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 2207°C
• Boiling point:
• Density: 7000 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in dineodymium trisulphide

Element	%
Nd	74.99
S	25.01

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

• Geometry of neodymium:
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Nd₂S₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Nd₂S₃

mass  %
380  38.3 ___________________
381  35.3 __________________
382  80.8 ________________________________________
383  60.0 ______________________________
384 100.0 __________________________________________________
385  51.9 __________________________
386  75.8 ______________________________________
387  29.8 _______________
388  55.0 ____________________________
389  16.6 ________
390  31.1 ________________
391   7.3 ____
392  15.5 ________
393   1.1 _
394   5.1 ___
395   0.1 
396   2.2 _
397   0.0 
398   0.2 
399   0.0 
400   0.0 

References

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

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• 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.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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