Copper monosulfide
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IUPAC name
Copper sulfide
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CuS | |
Molar mass | 95.611 g/mol |
Density | 4.6 g/cm3 |
Melting point | above 500°C |
insoluble | |
Solubility product (Ksp)
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1.27 x 10-36 |
Solubility | soluble in HNO3, NH4OH, KCN soluble in HCl, H2SO4 |
Refractive index (nD)
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1.45 [1] |
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Other anions
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Copper(II) oxide |
Other cations
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zinc sulfide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Copper monosulfide is a chemical compound of copper and sulfur. It occurs in nature as the dark indigo blue mineral covellite. It is a moderate conductor of electricity. [3] A black colloidal precipitate of CuS is formed when hydrogen sulfide, H2S, is bubbled through solutions of Cu(II) salts.[4] It is one of a number of binary compounds of copper and sulfur (see copper sulfide for an overview of this subject), and has attracted interest because of its potential uses in catalysis[5] and photovoltaics.[6]
CuS structure and bonding
Copper monosulfide crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system, and this is the form of the mineral covellite. There is also an amorphous high pressure form [7] which on the basis of the Raman spectrum has been described as having a distorted covellite structure. An amorphous room temperature semiconducting form produced by the reaction of a Cu(II) ethylenediamine complex with thiourea has been reported, which transforms to the crystalline covellite form at 30 °C.[8]
The crystal structure of covellite has been reported several times,[9][10][11] and whilst these studies are in general agreement on assigning the space group P63/mmc there are small discrepancies in bond lengths and angles between them. The structure was described as "extraordinary" by Wells[12] and is quite different from copper(II) oxide, but similar to CuSe (klockmannite). The covellite unit cell contains 6 formula units (12 atoms)in which:
- 4 Cu atoms have tetrahedral coordination (see illustration).
- 2 Cu atoms have trigonal planar coordination (see illustration).
- 2 pairs of S atoms are only 207.1 pm apart [11] indicating the existence of an S-S bond (a disulfide unit).
- the 2 remaining S atoms form trigonal planar triangles around the copper atoms, and are surrounded by five Cu atoms in a pentagonal bipyramid (see illustration).
- The S atoms at each end of a disulfide unit are tetrahedrally coordinated to 3 tetrahedrally coordinated Cu atoms and the other S atom in the disulfide unit (see illustration).
The formulation of copper monosulfide as CuIIS (i.e. containing no sulfur-sulfur bond) is clearly incompatible with the crystal structure, and also at variance with the observed diamagnetism [13] as a Cu(II) compound would have a d9 configuration and be expected to be paramagnetic.[4]
Studies using XPS[14][15][16][17] indicate that all of the copper atoms have an oxidation state of +1. This contradicts a formulation based on the crystal structure and obeying the octet rule that is found in many textbooks (e.g. [4][18]) describing CuS as containing both CuI and CuII i.e. (Cu+)2Cu2+(S2)2–S2–. An alternative formulation as (Cu+)3(S2–)(S2)– was proposed and supported by calculations.[19]
The formulation should not be interpreted as containing radical anion, but rather that there is a delocalized valence "hole". [19][20]
Electron paramagnetic resonance studies on the precipitation of Cu(II) salts indicates that the reduction of Cu(II) to Cu(I) occurs in solution. [21]
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the crystal structure of covellite |
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coordination of sulfur |
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See also
- Copper sulfide for an overview of all copper sulfide phases
- copper(I) sulfide, Cu2S
- Covellite
References
- ^ Pradyot Patnaik. Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals. McGraw-Hill, 2002, ISBN 0070494398
- ^ Blachnik, R. (2000). "The formation of Cu2S from the elements I. Copper used in form of powders". Thermochimica Acta. 361 (1–2): 31–52. doi:10.1016/S0040-6031(00)00545-1.
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- ^ Kuchmii, S.Y. (2001). "Catalysis of the Sodium Sulfide Reduction of Methylviologene by CuS Nanoparticles". Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry. 37 (1). New York: Springer: 36–41. doi:10.1023/A:1010465823376.
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