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Platinum compounds: platinum sulphide

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

Platinum sulphide

Formula as often written: PtS
Hill system formula: Pt₁S₁
CAS registry number: [12038-20-9]
Formula weight: 227.144
Class: sulphide

Synonyms

platinum sulphide
platinum(II) sulphide
platinum sulfide
platinum(II) sulfide

Physical properties

Colour: gray
Appearance: crystalline solid, or green powder
Melting point:
Boiling point:
Density: 10300 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in platinum sulphide
Element	%
Pt	85.88
S	14.12

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of platinum: 4 coordinate: square planar
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of platinum sulphide

Isotope pattern

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

Formula: Pt₁S₁

mass  %
222   0.0 
223   0.0 
224   2.3 _
225   0.0 
226  96.7 ________________________________________________
227 100.0 __________________________________________________
228  79.3 ________________________________________
229   5.0 __
230  24.5 ____________
231   0.2 
232   1.0 
233   0.0 
234   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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A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
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