CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Yellow or brown solid; Forms a colloid in hot water; [Hawley] Light yellow or orange solid; [Merck Index] Yellow odorless pieces; [MSDSonline] |
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| Color/Form | Yellow-orange hexagonal crystals |
| Melting Point | approximately 1480 °C |
| Solubility | The log K(sp) (log solubility product constant) is 5.73 |
| Density | Cubic structure: 4.50 g/cu cm; hexagonal structure: 4.82 g/cu cm |
| Decomposition | WHEN HEATED TO DECOMPOSITION ... EMITS VERY TOXIC FUMES OF /CADMIUM AND SULFUR OXIDES/. |
| Refractive Index | INDEX OF REFRACTION: 2.506; 2.529 |
| Other Experimental Properties | Can be polished like a metal. It is an n-type semiconductor. |
| Chemical Classes | Metals -> Cadmium Compounds, Inorganic |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 144.48 g/mol |
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| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 1 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 145.875436 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 145.875436 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 32.1 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 2 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 2 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
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Cadmium sulfide is a cadmium molecular entity.