Chemistry:Uranium monosulfide

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Uranium monosulfide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
US
Molar mass 270.095 g/mol
Melting point 2460 °C [1]
Structure[1]
NaCl type (cubic)
Fm3m (No. 225)
a = 548.66 pm
4
Related compounds
Other anions
Uranium carbide
Uranium monophosphide
Related compounds
Uranium disulfide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Uranium monosulfide (US) is an inorganic chemical compound of uranium and sulfur.[2]

Magnetically, the compound is paramagnetic at room temperature, with a Curie Temperature of 180 K.[3] It has the largest known magnetocrystalline anisotropy of any cubic system.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 NAKAI, Eiichiro; KANNO, Masayoshi; MUKAIBO, Takashi (1969). "Oxidation Behavior of Uranium Monosulfide". Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology (Informa UK Limited) 6 (3): 138–142. doi:10.1080/18811248.1969.9732854. ISSN 0022-3131. Bibcode1969JNST....6..138N. 
  2. "Uranium monosulfide" (in en). https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/formula?ID=C12039111. 
  3. Westrum, Edgar F.; Walters, Robert R.; Flotow, Howard E.; Osborne, Darrell W. (1968). "Uranium Monosulfide. The Ferromagnetic Transition. The Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Properties from 1.5 to 350 K". The Journal of Chemical Physics (AIP Publishing) 48 (1): 155–161. doi:10.1063/1.1667893. ISSN 0021-9606. Bibcode1968JChPh..48..155W. 
  4. Poudel, Narayan; Jeffries, Jason; Gofryk, Krzysztof (2021-07-14). "Magnetic anisotropy in uranium monosulfide probed by magnetic torque measurements". Physical Review B (American Physical Society (APS)) 104 (1): 014417. doi:10.1103/physrevb.104.014417. ISSN 2469-9950. Bibcode2021PhRvB.104a4417P.