Dirubidium pentasulphide

Rubidium compounds: dirubidium pentasulphide

The rubidium in dirubidium pentasulphide formally is in the oxidation state 1.

Dirubidium pentasulphide

• Formula as often written: Rb₂S₅
• Hill system formula: Rb₂S₅
• CAS registry number: [12137-98-3]
• Formula weight: 331.266
• Class: sulphide

Synonyms

• dirubidium pentasulphide
• rubidium(I) persulphide
• dirubidium pentasulfide
• dirubidium persulfide
• dirubidium persulphide
• rubidium persulfide
• rubidium persulphide
• rubidium(I) persulfide

Physical properties

• Colour: red-brown
• Appearance: solid
• Melting point: 230°C
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in dirubidium pentasulphide

Element	%
Rb	51.60
S	48.40

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Rb₂S₅ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Rb₂S₅

mass  %
330 100.0 __________________________________________________
331   4.0 __
332  99.3 __________________________________________________
333   3.7 __
334  34.1 _________________
335   1.2 _
336   5.0 __
337   0.1 
338   0.4 
339   0.0 
340   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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