Nickel sulphide

Nickel compounds: nickel sulphide

The nickel in nickel sulphide formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Nickel sulphide

• Formula as often written: NiS
• Hill system formula: Ni₁S₁
• CAS registry number: [16812-54-7]
• Formula weight: 90.759
• Class: sulphide

Synonyms

• nickel sulphide
• nickel(II) sulphide
• nickel sulfide
• nickel(II) sulfide

Physical properties

• Colour: yellow or black
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 976°C
• Boiling point: decomposes at 2047 (200)
• Density: 5500 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in nickel sulphide

Element	%
Ni	64.67
S	35.33

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

• Geometry of nickel:
• Prototypical structure: NiAs

Isotope pattern

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

Formula: Ni₁S₁

mass  %
90 100.0 __________________________________________________
91   0.8 
92  42.9 _____________________
93   2.0 _
94   7.1 ____
95   0.1 
96   1.6 _
97   0.0 
98   0.1 

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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Nickel	Nickel
Nickel	Nikkel
Nichel	Niquel
Nickel	Níquel