Dierbium trisulphide

Erbium compounds: dierbium trisulphide

The erbium in dierbium trisulphide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Dierbium trisulphide

• Formula as often written: Er₂S₃
• Hill system formula: Er₂S₃
• CAS registry number: [12159-66-9]
• Formula weight: 430.718
• Class: sulphide

Synonyms

• dierbium trisulphide
• erbium(III) sulphide
• dierbium trisulfide
• erbium sulfide
• erbium sulphide
• erbium(III) sulfide

Physical properties

• Colour:
• Appearance: solid
• Melting point:
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in dierbium trisulphide

Element	%
Er	77.67
S	22.33

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

• Geometry of erbium:
• Prototypical structure:

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Er₂S₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Er₂S₃

mass  %
422   0.0 
423   0.0 
424   0.5 
425   0.3 
426   4.6 __
427   3.0 __
428  48.0 ________________________
429  61.4 _______________________________
430 100.0 __________________________________________________
431  58.0 _____________________________
432  80.6 ________________________________________
433  35.1 __________________
434  41.2 _____________________
435   4.7 __
436  13.3 _______
437   0.5 
438   1.4 _
439   0.0 
440   0.1 

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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