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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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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
Chi Chen et al.
ACS applied materials & interfaces, 5(3), 1149-1155 (2013-01-18)
Facile aqueous synthesis of near-infrared Ag(2)Te quantum dots (QDs) and Ag(2)Te/ZnS core/shell QDs emitting in the second biological window is reported. The QD synthesis is based on a straightforward cation exchange process between CdTe QDs and Ag(+) ions conducted in
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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
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