Constituent
Name
Synthetic MoS2
Official name
Molybdenum disulfide
Family
molecular solid
Class
non polar molecular solid
Compound type
sulfide
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$MoS_2$
Chemical formula
MoS2
Elemental formula
Mo S2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Mo$ Molybdenum element 1 0.3333333333333333 1 constituent element main
$S$ Sulfur element 2 0.6666666666666666 1 constituent element main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\geq \mid Mo-S-$ 4
Class
pseudometals (14)
Type
homovalent bilayer pseudometals (14.02)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
hexagonal
Crystal class
dihexagonal-dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol
6/mmm (D6h)
Crystal spacegroup
P6(3)/mmc
Texture
polycrystalline
Molar mass
160.07 $g/mol$
Density
5.06 $g/cm^3$
Refringence type
uniaxial
Color
black, lead gray, gray
Diaphaneity
opaque
Luster
metallic