Product name: Zinc sulfide
CAS:1314-98-3
Molecular Formula:SZn
Molecular weight:97.46
Density: 4.1g/mL
Melting point: 1700 ° C
Vapor pressure:12600 MMHG at 25 ° C
Product description:
Zinc sulfide has two kinds of crystal shape. Α type zinc sulfide is six-party crystalline powder or colorless white to gray or pale yellow powder.Density4.087. Melting_point1700℃. Zinc sulfide Β type to the cubic crystal. White to gray or yellow powder. Density 4.102，Melting_pointl 700℃。In the air can slow oxidation into sulfate. Crystal structure transition temperature 1020 ℃. Soluble in dilute mineral acids. Does not dissolve in water.
Zinc sulfide is a chemical compound. It is typically encountered in the more stable cubic form, known also as zinc blende or sphalerite.
ZnS was used by Ernest Rutherford and others in the early years of nuclear physics as a scintillation detector, because it emits light on excitation by x-rays or electron beam, making it useful for x-ray screens and cathode ray tubes. It also exhibits phosphorescence due to impurities on illumination with blue or ultraviolet light.