Magnesium sulfide

Magnesium sulfide
Magnesium sulfide crystal structure
Names
Other names
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 234-771-1
UNII
  • InChI=1S/Mg.S/q+2;-2 ☒N
    Key: QENHCSSJTJWZAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/Mg.S/q+2;-2
    Key: QENHCSSJTJWZAL-UHFFFAOYAO
  • [Mg+2].[S-2]
Properties
MgS
Molar mass 56.38 g/mol
Appearance white to reddish brown powder
Density 2.84 g/cm3
Melting point 2,000 °C (3,630 °F; 2,270 K) approx.
decomposes
Structure
Halite (cubic), cF8
Fm3m, No. 225
cubic
Thermochemistry
45.6 J/mol K
50.3 J/mol K
-347 kJ/mol
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Source of H2S
Related compounds
Other anions
Magnesium oxide
Other cations
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Magnesium sulfide is an inorganic compound with the formula MgS. It is a white crystalline material but often is encountered in an impure form that is brown and non-crystalline powder. It is generated industrially in the production of metallic iron.