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potassium sulfide

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chemical compound

Chemical data

Formula
K2S
Molecular weight
110.26 g/mol
IUPAC name
dipotassium;sulfide
SMILES
[S-2].[K+].[K+]
InChIKey
DPLVEEXVKBWGHE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Polar surface area
1 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
1
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Has part
sulfur
Mass
109.89948414
Image
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Commons category
Potassium sulfide
crystal system
cubic crystal system
chemical formula
K₂S
density
1.74
standard enthalpy of formation
-380.7
canonical SMILES
S([K])[K]
melting point
948
standard molar entropy
105.0
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Encyclopedic overview

Powdered potassium sulfide anhydrous Potassium sulfide is an inorganic compound with the formula K2S. The colourless solid is rarely encountered, because it reacts readily with water, a reaction that produces potassium hydrosulfide (KSH) and potassium hydroxide (KOH). Most commonly, the term potassium sulfide refers loosely to this mixture, not the anhydrous solid.

Structure

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “potassium sulfide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.