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Zinc sulfide

purum, 97% (from Zn)

Synonym(s):

Zinc(II) sulfide, Zinc sulphide

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
ZnS
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
97.46
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12161600
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

purum

Quality Level

Assay

97% (from Zn)

reaction suitability

core: zinc
reagent type: catalyst

loss

≤0.5% loss on drying, 105 °C

color

white to faint yellow

density

4.1 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Ba: ≤1.5%
Ca: ≤200 mg/kg
Co: ≤500 mg/kg
Fe: ≤100 mg/kg
Mg: ≤500 mg/kg

SMILES string

S=[Zn]

InChI

1S/S.Zn

InChI key

WGPCGCOKHWGKJJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Uses:
  • Preparation of flexible transparent conductive coatings essential for fabrication of a variety of printed electronic devices such as flexible displays and solar cells
  • Prepare a composite CdS-ZnS/Zirconium-titanium phosphate (ZTP) photocatalyst for hydrogen production under visible light
  • Prepare light-controlled bioelectrochemical sensors based on CdSe/ZnS quantum dots
  • Catalyst for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants
  • Preparation of color tunable light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
  • Prepare (CdS-ZnS)-TiO2 combined photocatalysts for electricity production via photoelectrocatalysis
  • Catalyst for synthesis of spirooxindole derivatives in aqueous medium via Knoevenagel condensation followed by Michael addition
  • Prepare CdSe/ZnS q uantum dots for chemiluminescent and chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) detection of DNA, metal ions, and aptamer-substrate complexes
  • Preparation of ZnS nanocrystals for ultrasensitive protein detection in terms of multiphonon resonance Raman scattering

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Hamid Reza Rajabi et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 107, 256-262 (2013-02-26)
This work reports a spectrofluorimetric method for selective and sensitive determination of sulfide ion in aqueous solution. The ultra-small zinc sulfide quantum dots (QDs) doped with manganese (ZnS:Mn) were synthesized by using a simple and fast procedure based on the
Nako Nakatsuka et al.
Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 103, 405-415 (2012-12-25)
Self-assembling peptide sequences (both synthetic and natural) have emerged as a new group of building blocks for diverse applications. In this work we investigated the formation of assemblies of three diverse peptide sequences derived from the crustacean cardioactive peptide CCAP
Sébastien Moret et al.
Forensic science international, 224(1-3), 101-110 (2012-12-19)
The use of quantum dots (QDs) in the area of fingermark detection is currently receiving a lot of attention in the forensic literature. Most of the research efforts have been devoted to cadmium telluride (CdTe) quantum dots often applied as
Yi-Chun Yeh et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49(9), 910-912 (2012-12-19)
Functionalization of bacterial cell surfaces has the potential to introduce new activities by chemical modification. Here we show that a bacteriophage-receptor complex can be used to functionalize the surface of two Gram-negative proteobacteria, Escherichia coli and Ralstonia eutropha with CdSe/ZnS
Ingrid Corazzari et al.
Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA, 27(2), 752-759 (2013-01-01)
CdSe Quantum Dots (QDs) are increasingly being employed in both industrial applications and biological imaging, thanks to their numerous advantages over conventional organic and proteic fluorescent markers. On the other hand a growing concern has emerged that toxic elements from

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