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zinc sulfide
Sign in to saveAlso known as zinc(II) sulfide, zinc(II) sulphide, zinc sulphide, Zincblende
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- SZn
- Molecular weight
- 97.4 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- sulfanylidenezinc
- SMILES
- S=[Zn]
- InChIKey
- WGPCGCOKHWGKJJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 32.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Zinc sulfide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula of ZnS. This is the main form of zinc found in nature, where it mainly occurs as the mineral sphalerite. Although this mineral is usually black because of various impurities, the pure material is white, and it is widely used as a pigment. In its dense synthetic form, zinc sulfide can be transparent, and it is used as a window for visible optics and infrared optics.
Structure
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