Solid phase
- Official name
- Molybdenum oxysulfide
- Family
- covalent network solid
- Class
- tridimentional covalent network solid
- Compound type
- sulfide
- Comments
- see Ryaboshapka and Afanasiev (2023) Journal of Catalysis 426, 30.
- Formula
- MoOS2
- Chemical formula
- MoOS2
- Elemental formula
- Mo O S2
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Class
- glasses (12)
- Type
- multi mixed atoms glasses (12.06)
- Phase name
- amorphous MoOS2
- Phase type
- amorphous
- Crystal system
- amorphous
- Crystal class
- N/A
- Comments
- amorphous MoOS2 is a Mo(V) compound, containing Mo2O2S4 units connected via disulfide bridges
- Molar mass
- 176.1 g/mol
- State NTP
- solid
- Phase transitions
-
Phase transition type Other phases Temperature - Pressure solid decomposition MoO2, MoS_2$ solids above ~150°C
- Refringence type
- isotropic
- Pure color
- brown
- Color
- dark brown
- Diaphaneity
- subtranslucent to opaque