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Antimony compounds: diantimony trisulphide

The antimony in diantimony trisulphide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Diantimony trisulphide

Formula as often written: Sb₂S₃
Hill system formula: S₃Sb₂
CAS registry number: [1345-04-6]
Formula weight: 339.718
Class: sulphide

Synonyms

diantimony trisulphide
antimony(III) sulphide
antimony sulfide
antimony sulphide
antimony(III) sulfide
diantimony trisulfide
diantimony trisulfide
diantimony trisulphide
stibnite

Physical properties

Colour: orange-red or gray-black
Appearance: crystalline solid
Melting point: 550°C
Boiling point: approximately 1150
Density: 4562 kg m^-3

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in diantimony trisulphide
Element	%
S	28.32
Sb	71.68

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of antimony:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of diantimony trisulphide

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Sb₂S₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Sb₂S₃

mass  %
338  61.7 _______________________________
339   1.5 _
340 100.0 __________________________________________________
341   2.3 _
342  46.7 _______________________
343   1.0 
344   5.1 ___
345   0.1 
346   0.2 
347   0.0 
348   0.0

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
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A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.