Holmium(III) sulfide

Holmium(III) sulfide[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.032.081 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 235-302-3
  • InChI=1S/2Ho.3S/q2*+3;3*-2
    Key: NJMYJOBJCDACOG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Ho+3].[Ho+3].[S-2].[S-2].[S-2]
Properties
Ho2S3
Molar mass 426.04 g·mol−1
Appearance orange-yellow solid
Density 5.92 g/cm−3
Related compounds
Other anions
 holmium(III) oxide; holmium(III) selenide
Other cations
 dysprosium(III) sulfide
erbium(III) sulfide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Holmium(III) sulfide is the sulfide of holmium, with the chemical formula of Ho2S3. Like other rare earth sulfides, it is used as a high-performance inorganic pigment.[2]

  1. ^ Lide, David R. (2004). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 84th Edition. CRC Press. pp. 4–60. ISBN 0849304849.
  2. ^ Edwin B. Faulkner; Russell J. Schwartz (2009). High Performance Pigments (in German). John Wiley & Sons. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-527-62692-2.