Barium trisulphide

Barium compounds: barium trisulphide

The barium in barium trisulphide formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Barium trisulphide

• Formula as often written: Ba(S₃)
• Hill system formula: Ba₁S₃
• CAS registry number: [12231-01-5]
• Formula weight: 233.525
• Class: sulphide

Synonyms

• barium trisulphide
• barium(II) persulphide
• barium persulfide
• barium persulphide
• barium trisulfide
• barium(II) persulfide

Physical properties

• Colour: lemon yellow
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 554°C
• Boiling point: 600°C
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in barium trisulphide

Element	%
Ba	58.81
S	41.19

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Ba(S₃) unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ba₁S₃

mass  %
226   0.2 
227   0.0 
228   0.2 
229   0.0 
230   3.3 __
231   9.1 _____
232  11.4 ______
233  16.8 ________
234 100.0 __________________________________________________
235   4.5 __
236  13.2 _______
237   0.3 
238   0.6 
239   0.0 
240   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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