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Ruthenium compounds: ruthenium disulphide

The ruthenium in ruthenium disulphide formally is in the oxidation state 4.

Ruthenium disulphide

Formula as often written: RuS₂
Hill system formula: Ru₁S₂
CAS registry number: [12166-20-0]
Formula weight: 165.202
Class: sulphide

Synonyms

ruthenium disulphide
ruthenium(IV) sulphide
ruthenium disulfide
ruthenium disulfide
ruthenium sulfide
ruthenium sulfide
ruthenium sulphide
ruthenium(IV) sulfide
ruthenium(IV) sulfide

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in ruthenium disulphide
Element	%
Ru	61.18
S	38.82

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the RuS₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ru₁S₂

mass  %
160  16.7 ________
161   0.3 
162   7.2 ____
163  38.6 ___________________
164  39.3 ____________________
165  55.5 ____________________________
166 100.0 __________________________________________________
167   6.2 ___
168  65.3 _________________________________
169   1.1 _
170   5.3 ___
171   0.0 
172   0.1

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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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.