Iron(III) sulfide
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IUPAC name
Iron(III) sulfide | |
Other names
Iron sesquisulfide Ferric sulfide | |
Identifiers | |
12063-27-3 | |
ChEBI | CHEBI:75899 |
PubChem | 160957 |
Properties | |
Fe2S3 | |
Molar mass | 207.90 g/mol [1] |
Appearance | yellow-green [1] |
Density | 4.3 g/cm3 [1] |
Melting point | decomposition [1] |
very slightly soluble [1] | |
Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 Ā°C (77 Ā°F), 100 kPa) | |
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Iron(III) sulfide, also known as ferric sulfide or sesquisulfide, is one of the three iron sulfides besides FeS and FeS2. It is a solid, black powder but decays at ambient temperature into a yellow-green powder.
This is a relatively unstable artificial product that does not occur in nature.
Preparation and properties
Fe2S3 is prepared by addition of refrigerated iron(III) chloride solution to also cooled sodium sulfide solution.
- 2 FeCl3 + 3 Na2S ā Fe2S3ā + 6 NaCl
which decays at a temperature over 20Ā°C into FeS and sulphur.[2]
- Fe2S3 ā 2 FeS + Sā
With hydrochloric acid it decays according to the following reaction equation:[3]
- Fe2S3 + 4 HCl ā 2 FeCl2 + 2 H2Sā + Sā
References
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Charles D. Hodgman, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (1961), p.590
- ā Holleman, Wiberg: Inorganic Chemistry (2001), p. 1451; ISBN 0-12-352651-5
- ā H. Roempp, Chemie (1997), S. 1099; ISBN 3-13-734710-6
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