Talk:Zinc sulfide

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i need info on the ionic compoud zinc sulfide please~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What info is required? Jaraalbe 21:48, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

ZnS to STINK[edit]

Just add some HCl to your ZnS and you will have instant stink bomb, to contain this and easly use it effectivly and deviously, place HCl (avalible from hardware stores) and ZnS (Science cubord at school) mix them together at around 2 to 1 ratio (1.0M HCl) and you have instant STINK. exelent for school muck up days and sisters bedrooms. BE EXTREAMLY careful that it is a well ventilated area as this is a toxic gas and can cause coma and death at high levels. IF in a room do your math before hand to calculate how much ZnS is needed to be less than ~~1.0ppb

Also used as rodenticide[edit]

ZnS is also widely used as a rodent poison; as the above user has so brilliantly pointed out, contact with strong mineral acids liberates HS gas. Moles, in particular, (I think) have no vomit reflex, and are killed from HS poisoning.

Used to make SO3 in some countries[edit]

By heating in air. The equation is ZnS + 2O2 > ZnO + SO3. SO3 is of course essential to making sulphuric acid.81.178.249.71 10:05, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:06, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ZnS from ammonia from methane?[edit]

This article states "It is produced in quantity from zinc oxide as a by-product of the synthesis of ammonia from methane." How can this be, since neither ammonia nor methane contain any sulfur??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.69.248.199 (talk) 07:01, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Separation?[edit]

How can you separate Zinc sulfide into its original elements using basic methods? UB Blacephalon (talk) 04:38, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Polhemusite a polymorph?[edit]

This wiki claims there is a 3rd polymorph known as polhemusite, which "contains mercury", according to the statement. Which zinc sulfide does not normally contain.

Is it really a polymorph If it contains elements, or moieties that zinc sulfide does not? What exactly distinguishes this from being a separate compound all together?

The statement itself is just a single sentence with no elaboration, citation or description of the crystal shape.

As a result of the reasons discussed above, I have removed this claim. VoidHalo (talk) 13:16, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]