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Sodium compounds: disodium hexasulphide

The sodium in disodium hexasulphide formally is in the oxidation state 1.

Disodium hexasulphide

Formula as often written: Na₂S₆
Hill system formula: Na₂S₆
CAS registry number: [12439-15-5]
Formula weight: 238.376
Class: sulphide

Synonyms

disodium hexasulphide
sodium(I) persulphide
disodium hexasulfide
disodium persulfide
disodium persulphide
sodium persulfide
sodium persulphide
sodium(I) persulfide

Physical properties

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in disodium hexasulphide
Element	%
Na	19.29
S	80.71

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Na₂S₆ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Na₂S₆

mass  %
238 100.0 __________________________________________________
239   4.7 __
240  26.7 _____________
241   1.0 
242   3.1 __
243   0.1 
244   0.2 
245   0.0 
246   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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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
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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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