Constituent CuS | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: CuS
Official name: Copper monosulfide

Family: covalent network solid
Class: tridimentional covalent network 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: $CuS$ or $Cu^{+3}S^{2−}S_2^−$
Chemical formula: CuS
Elemental formula: Cu S
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Cu$	Copper	element	1	0.5	1	constituent element	main
	$S$	Sulfur	element	1	0.5	1	constituent element	main

Class: tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type: metal homonuclear tridimensional networks (elemental) (11.02)

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: hexagonal
Crystal class: dihexagonal-dipyramidal
Crystal class symbol: 6/m (C6h)
Crystal spacegroup: P6(3)/mmc

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 95.611 $g/mol$
Density: 4.76 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: uniaxial
Refringence sign: positive
Birefringence: 1.170
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.450
Refraction index $n_{\beta}$: 2.620
Diaphaneity: opaque
Luster: submetallic