I would like to know what applications dihydrogen sulphide has, because on the internet I wanted to search for it but I can’t find it. I hope you have an answer to this question.
Answer
Hi Natalie,
That’s the drama of our childhood learning only IUPAC names that no one really uses 😉
Search for hydrogen sulfide or hydrogen sulfide.
In a nutshell – it is used for
(a) production of organosulfur compounds.
b) production of alkali metal sulfides (Na2S, K2S), which have their own set of applications, e.g. tannery.
c) in analytical chemistry – many transition metal sulfides are insoluble, so this is a way to remove certain metals, and then recognize them through re-dissolution. The importance of these kinds of techniques has diminished today, but almost every chemistry curriculum still starts with these kinds of labs. That also makes chemistry students unpopular, because they smell like H . for an hour in the wind2s.
d) as precursor for metal sulfides – modification of solution and flotation behavior of metal ores, for surface modification of metal objects (such as silver jewelery or for passivation) or catalysts.
e) The Girdler sulphide process for the enrichment of deuterium in water.
I hope that helps –
Answered by
Dr Christophe Vande Velde
chemistry, organic chemistry, organic synthesis, materials science, organic electronics, crystallography, x-ray diffraction, structure-property relations, organic solar cells
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