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Chromium compounds: dichromium trisulphide

The chromium in dichromium trisulphide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Dichromium trisulphide

Formula as often written: Cr₂S₃
Hill system formula: Cr₂S₃
CAS registry number: [12018-22-3]
Formula weight: 200.19
Class: sulphide

Synonyms

dichromium trisulphide
chromium(III) sulphide
chromium sulfide
chromium sulphide
chromium(III) sulfide
dichromium trisulfide

Physical properties

Colour: brown-black
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point:
Boiling point:
Density: 3800 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in dichromium trisulphide
Element	%
Cr	51.95
S	48.05

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of chromium:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of dichromium trisulphide

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Cr₂S₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Cr₂S₃

mass  %
196   0.3 
197   0.0 
198  10.2 _____
199   1.4 _
200 100.0 __________________________________________________
201  24.8 ____________
202  20.5 __________
203   4.0 __
204   1.7 _
205   0.3 
206   0.1 
207   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.
J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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