hydrosulfide
Sign in to saveBisulfide (or bisulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion with the chemical formula HS− (also written as SH−). It contributes no color to bisulfide salts, and its salts may have a distinctive putrid smell. It is a strong base. Bisulfide solutions are corrosive and attack the skin.
Chemical data
- Formula
- HS-
- Molecular weight
- 33.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- sulfanide
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- +32.979896
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- P4147
- hydrogen sulfide
- P2868
- primary metabolite
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Article
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- Properties
- Basicity
- Chemical reactions
- Safety
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Bisulfide (or bisulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion with the chemical formula HS− (also written as SH−). It contributes no color to bisulfide salts, and its salts may have a distinctive putrid smell. It is a strong base. Bisulfide solutions are corrosive and attack the skin.
It is an important chemical reagent and an industrial chemical, mainly used in paper pulp industry (Kraft process), textiles, synthetic flavors, coloring brasses, and iron control.