556. Ammonium Sulfide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 12135-76-1
Ammonium sulfide ((NH4)2S); true ammonium sulfide.
H8N2S; mol wt 68.14.
H 11.83%, N 41.11%, S 47.06%.
(NH4)2S.

Description and references

Prepn: Gmelins, Ammonium (8th ed.) 23, p 246 (1936). Prepn of high purity soln: Johnson et al., Chemist-Analyst 53, 46 (1964).

Properties

Forms crystals below 18°; at high temps it dec into NH4HS, NH3, polysulfides, etc. Corrosive. Poisonous. Flammable.

Use

To apply patina to bronze, in photographic developers, in textile manufacture, in trace metal analysis.