Constituent
Name
H2S phase III
Official name
Hydrogen sulfide phase III
Family
molecular solid
Class
hydrogen bonded molecular solid
Compound type
inorganic molecular solid
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0 ± 0.0001
Formula
H2S
Chemical formula
H2S
Elemental formula
(H)1.984-1.998 (S)0.992-0.999
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
H2S Hydrogen sulfide molecule 0.992 - 0.999 0.9955 ± 0.003500000000000003 1 pure main
OCS Carbonyl sulfide molecule 0.001 - 0.008 0.0045000000000000005 ± 0.0035 1 mixed impurity
Composition comments
possible impurities in the 99.7% H2S gas bottle: OCS, CS2, CH4, CO2, N2 - OCS seen in spectra at 2045cm-1 - to be quantified, possibly much more abundant!
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
SH 2
SH 2 main
=C=O 1 impurity
=C=S 1 impurity
Class
molecular solids with hydrogen bonded molecules (03)
Type
homomolecular H-bonded solids (03.01)
Phase name
Phase III
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Crystal class
dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol
mmm (D2h)
Crystal spacegroup
Pbcm
Comments
Possibly tetragonal-pyramidal, 4 (C4), P4(2) - orientationally ordered
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
34.081 g/mol
Refringence type
biaxial
Diaphaneity
transparent
Luster
vitreous