zirconium disulfide

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| verifiedrevid = 333719065

| Name = Zirconium(IV) sulfide

| Reference =

{{Citation

| last = Lide

| first = David R.

| year = 1998

| title = Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

| edition = 87

| location = Boca Raton, Florida

| publisher = CRC Press

| isbn = 0-8493-0594-2

| pages = 4–96

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| ImageFile =Cadmium-iodide-3D-layers.png

| IUPACName = Zirconium(IV) sulfide

| OtherNames =

|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 12039-15-5

| EINECS = 234-885-1

| PubChem = 10219558

| ChemSpiderID = 8395050

| StdInChI=1S/2S.Zr/q2*-2;+4

| StdInChIKey = XWPGCGMKBKONAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| SMILES = [S-2].[S-2].[Zr+4]

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Formula = ZrS₂

| MolarMass = 155.356 g/mol

| Appearance = red-brown crystals

| Density = 3.82 g/cm³

| MeltingPtC = 1480

| BoilingPt =

| Solubility = insoluble

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|Section3={{Chembox Structure

| Coordination = octahedral

| CrystalStruct = Rhombohedral, hP3|SpaceGroup = P-3m1, No. 164

| Dipole =

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Zirconium(IV) sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula ZrS₂. It is a violet-brown solid. It adopts a layered structure similar to that of cadmium iodide.

Like the closely related titanium disulfide, ZrS₂ is prepared by heating sulfur and zirconium metal. It can be purified by vapor transport using iodine.Lawrence E. Conroy "Group IV Sulfides" Inorganic Synthesis 1970, XII, 158. {{doi|10.1002/9780470132432.ch28}}