Room Temperature Synthesis in Liquid Ammonia of Zinc, Cadmium, and Mercury Sulfides

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Hector, Andrew L. | Henshaw, Geoff | Parkin, Ivan P. | Shaw, Graham A.

Affiliations: Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H OAJ

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Abstract: Reaction of elemental zinc, cadmium, or mercury with sulfur in liquid ammonia at room temperature produces X-ray amorphous metal sulfide MS (M = Zn, Cd, Hg). Thermolysis of this material at 250–300°C produced crystalline MS (α-ZnS (wurtzite), α-CdS (greenockite), α-HgS (cinnabar), and β-HgS (metacinnabar). Products were characterised by microanalysis, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy, SEM/EDAX, X-ray powder diffraction, magnetic moment measurements, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

DOI: 10.1080/13583149612331338415

Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 183-187, 1996