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Sodium compounds: disodium pentasulphide

The sodium in disodium pentasulphide formally is in the oxidation state 1.

Disodium pentasulphide

Formula as often written: Na₂S₅
Hill system formula: Na₂S₅
CAS registry number: [12034-40-1]
Formula weight: 206.31
Class: sulphide

Synonyms

disodium pentasulphide
sodium(I) persulphide
disodium pentasulfide
disodium persulfide
disodium persulphide
sodium persulfide
sodium persulphide
sodium(I) persulfide

Physical properties

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in disodium pentasulphide
Element	%
Na	22.29
S	77.71

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Na₂S₅ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Na₂S₅

mass  %
206 100.0 __________________________________________________
207   4.0 __
208  22.2 ___________
209   0.7 
210   2.1 _
211   0.1 
212   0.1 
213   0.0 
214   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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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
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A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
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