Constituent ZnS Zn sulfide sphalerite | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: ZnS Zn sulfide sphalerite
Official name: Zinc sulfide beta

Family: covalent network solid
Class: tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type: non-oxide ceramic

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $\beta-ZnS$
Chemical formula: ZnS
Elemental formula: Zn S
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Zn$	Zinc	element	1	0.5	1	constituent element	main
	$S$	Sulfur	element	1	0.5	1	constituent element	main

Class: tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type: metal homonuclear tridimensional networks (elemental) (11.02)

Phase name: $\beta-ZnS$
Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: isometric (cubic)
Crystal class: hextetrahedral
Crystal class symbol: -43m (Td)
Crystal spacegroup: F-43m

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 97.474 $g/mol$
Density: 4.09 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: isotropic
Refringence sign: no
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 2.369
Color: colorless, white
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Luster: resinous