Holmium monosulfide

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| OtherNames = Holmium(II) sulfide

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| StdInChI=HPVHCMSDBCPPSZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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|Ho=1| S=1

| Appearance = Crystals

| Density = 8.0 g/cm3

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Holmium monosulfide is a binary inorganic compound of holmium and sulfur with the chemical formula HoS.{{cite book |title=Fizika tverdogo tela |date=1982 |publisher=American Institute of Physics |page=1268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJcfAQAAMAAJ&q=Holmium+monosulfide+HoS |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Macintyre |first1=Jane E. |title=Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds |date=23 July 1992 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-412-30120-9 |page=3481 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eJvoNCSCRMC&dq=Holmium+monosulfide+HoS&pg=PA3481 |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=en}}

Synthesis

Heating stoichiometric amounts of pure substances in an inert atmosphere:

::{{chem2|Ho + S -> HoS}}

Physical properties

Holmium monosulfide forms crystals of cubic system, space group Fm3m, unit cell parameter a = 0.5465 nm, Z = 4, isomorphous with NaCl.{{cite journal |last1=Predel |first1=B. |title=Ho-S (Holmium-Sulfur) |journal=Hg-Ho – La-Zr |series=Landolt-Börnstein - Group IV Physical Chemistry |date=1997 |volume=G |pages=1 |doi=10.1007/10506626_1692 |isbn=3-540-60342-5 |url=https://materials.springer.com/lb/docs/sm_lbs_978-3-540-44940-9_1692 |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=en|url-access=subscription }}

Uses

HoS is an attractive material for potential application in electronic and magnetic recording devices.{{cite journal |last1=Bien |first1=Tran Nhu |last2=Hirai |first2=Shinji |last3=Vasilyeva |first3=Inga G. |last4=Nikolaev |first4=Ruslan |last5=Sekine |first5=Chihiro |last6=Kamegawa |first6=Atsunori |last7=Wakiya |first7=Kazuhei |last8=Kawamura |first8=Yukihiro |title=Composition and microstructure of holmium monosulfide compacts processed by reaction sintering |journal=Journal of Alloys and Compounds |date=April 2021 |volume=859 |pages=157872 |doi=10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157872 |url=https://consensus.app/papers/composition-microstructure-holmium-monosulfide-bien/31375e29c4355f62b3c6246e1901e281/|url-access=subscription }}

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