Product Name
Copper(ii)sulfide
Category
Battery Materials
Description
DryPowder; OtherSolid; WetSolid
IUPAC Name
sulfanylidenecopper
Molecular Weight
95.61g/mol
InChI Key
BWFPGXWASODCHM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Solubility
0.000033 G/100 CC WATER @ 18 °C.;Insoluble in water, ethanol, dilute acids and alkaline solutions;Virtually insoluble in water, but soluble in alkali cyanides and in aqueous ammonia solution with complex ion formation
Color/Form
Black powder or lumps;Black hexagonal crystals
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
1
MeSH Entry Terms
covellite;cpd with unspecified MF of cupric sulfide;cupric sulfide;CuS
Monoisotopic Mass
94.901668g/mol
Other Experimental
TRANSITION POINT @ 103 °C.;Stable in air when dry oxidized to copper sulfate by moist air;Decomposes at 220 °C; decomposed by hot nitric acid; it is stable in dry air, but is slowly oxidized to copper(II) sulfate in moist air.;transition 507 °C
Refractive Index
INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.45
Stability
STABLE IN AIR WHEN DRY; OXIDIZED TO COPPER SULFATE BY MOIST AIR.