a) Write an ionic equation for the chemical test for hydrogen sulfide.
b) state two features of alpha sulfur.
Answers
Explanation:
hydrogen sulfide
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16136
Definition A sulfur hydride consisting of a single sulfur atom bonded to two hydrogen atoms. A highly poisonous, flammable gas with a characteristic odour of rotten eggs, it is often produced by bacterial decomposition of organic matter in the absence of oxygen.
Explanation:
Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula H
2S. It is a colorless chalcogen hydride gas with the characteristic foul odor of rotten eggs. It is poisonous, corrosive, and flammable.[9]
Skeletal formula of hydrogen sulfide with two dimensions
Ball-and-stick model of hydrogen sulfide
Spacefill model of hydrogen sulfide
Names
Systematic IUPAC name
Hydrogen sulfide[1]
Other names
Dihydrogen monosulfide
Sour Gas
Dihydrogen sulfide
Sewer gas
Sulfane
Sulfurated hydrogen
Sulfureted hydrogen
Sulfuretted hydrogen
Sulfur hydride
Hydrosulfuric acid
Hydrothionic acid
Thiohydroxic acid
Sulfhydric acid
Identifiers
CAS Number
7783-06-4 check
3D model (JSmol)
Interactive image
3DMet
B01206
Beilstein Reference
3535004
ChEBI
CHEBI:16136 check
ChEMBL
ChEMBL1200739 ☒
ChemSpider
391 check
ECHA InfoCard
100.029.070 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
231-977-3
Gmelin Reference
303
KEGG
C00283 check
MeSH
Hydrogen+sulfide
PubChem CID
402
RTECS number
MX1225000
UNII
YY9FVM7NSN check
UN number
1053
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
DTXSID4024149 Edit this at Wikidata
InChI
InChI=1S/H2S/h1H2 check
Key: RWSOTUBLDIXVET-UHFFFAOYSA-N check
InChI=1/H2S/h1H2
Key: RWSOTUBLDIXVET-UHFFFAOYAJ