Osmium disulphide

Osmium compounds: osmium disulphide

The osmium in osmium disulphide formally is in the oxidation state 4.

Osmium disulphide

• Formula as often written: OsS₂
• Hill system formula: Os₁S₂
• CAS registry number: [12137-61-0]
• Formula weight: 254.362
• Class: sulphide

Synonyms

• osmium disulphide
• osmium(IV) sulphide
• osmium disulfide
• osmium sulfide
• osmium sulphide
• osmium(IV) sulfide

Physical properties

• Colour:
• Appearance:
• Melting point:
• Boiling point:
• Density:

Suppliers

Coming soon...

Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in osmium disulphide

Element	%
Os	74.79
S	25.21

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

• Geometry of osmium: 6 coordinate: octahedral
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the OsS₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Os₁S₂

mass  %
248   0.0 
249   0.0 
250   3.6 __
251   3.7 __
252  31.0 ________________
253  37.9 ___________________
254  64.2 ________________________________
255   4.3 __
256 100.0 __________________________________________________
257   1.6 _
258   8.5 ____
259   0.1 
260   0.2 

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.

WebElements Shop

WebElements now has an online shop at which you can buy periodic table posters, mugs, T-shirts, games, molecular models, and more.