Titanium(II) sulfide
Appearance
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Other names
titanium monosulfide, Wassonite
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Identifiers | |
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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Properties | |
TiS | |
Molar mass | 79.933 g/mol |
Appearance | brown hexagonal crystals |
Density | 3.85 g/cm3, solid |
Melting point | 1,780 °C (3,240 °F; 2,050 K) |
soluble in concentrated acids[1] | |
+432.0·10−6 cm3/mol | |
Structure | |
Hexagonal (NiAs), hP4 | |
P63/mmc, No. 194 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Titanium(II) sulfide (TiS) is an inorganic chemical compound of titanium and sulfur.
A meteorite, Yamato 691, contains tiny flecks of this compound, making it a new mineral called wassonite.[2]
References
- ^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, pp. 4–91, ISBN 978-0-8493-0594-8
- ^ Nakamura-Messenger, K; Clemett, S. J; Rubin, A. E; Choi, B.-G; Zhang, S; Rahman, Z; Oikawa, K; Keller, L. P (2012). "Wassonite: A new titanium monosulfide mineral in the Yamato 691 enstatite chondrite". American Mineralogist. 97 (5–6): 807–815. doi:10.2138/am.2012.3946.