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barium sulfide
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bariumsulfid, barium sulphide, [BaS], BaS
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- BaS
- Molecular weight
- 169.39 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- barium(2+) sulfide
- SMILES
- [S-2].[Ba+2]
- InChIKey
- CJDPJFRMHVXWPT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- sulfur
- Mass
- 169.877318
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- chemical formula
- BaS
- canonical SMILES
- [S-2].[Ba+2]
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
Barium sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula BaS. BaS is the barium compound produced on the largest scale. It is an important precursor to other barium compounds including barium carbonate and the pigment lithopone, ZnS/BaSO4. Like other chalcogenides of the alkaline earth metals, BaS is a short wavelength emitter for electronic displays. It is colorless, although like many sulfides, it is commonly obtained in impure colored forms.
Discovery
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