367. Aluminum Sulfide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 1302-81-4
Al2S3; mol wt 150.16.
Al 35.94%, S 64.06%.

Description and references

Prepd by heating aluminum with sulfur: Flahaut, Compt. Rend. 232, 334 (1951); Becher in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 1, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1963) p 823.

Properties

Yellowish-gray, compact lumps; H2S odor; decomposes in moist air to a gray powder. d 2.02. mp 1100°. Hydrolyzed by water to Al(OH)3 and H2S. Keep tightly closed.