Lead(II) sulfide

Lead(II) sulfide (also spelled sulphide) is an inorganic compound with the formula PbS. Galena is the principal ore and the most important compound of lead. It is a semiconducting material with niche uses.

"PbS" redirects here. For other uses, see PBS (disambiguation).
Lead(II) sulfide
Names
Other names
Plumbous sulfide
Galena, Sulphuret of lead
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.013.861
EC Number
  • 215-246-6
RTECS number
  • OG4550000
UNII
UN number 3077
  • InChI=1S/Pb.S ☒N
    Key: XCAUINMIESBTBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • [Pb]=S
Properties
PbS
Molar mass 239.30 g/mol
Appearance Black
Density 7.60 g/cm3[1]
Melting point 1,113[1] °C (2,035 °F; 1,386 K)
Boiling point 1,281 °C (2,338 °F; 1,554 K)
2.6×10−11 kg/kg (calculated, at pH=7)[2] 8.6×10−7 kg/kg[3]
−83.6·10−6 cm3/mol[4]
3.91[5]
Structure[6]
Halite (cubic), cF8
Fm3m, No. 225
a = 5.936 Å
4
Octahedral (Pb2+)
Octahedral (S2−)
3.59 D[7]
Thermochemistry[8]
49.5 J/mol⋅K
91.2 J/mol
-100.4 kJ/mol
-98.7 kJ/mol
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation markGHS08: Health hazardGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H302, H332, H360, H373, H410
P201, P202, P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P273, P281, P301+P312, P304+P312, P304+P340, P308+P313, P312, P314, P330, P391, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamond
2
0
0
Flash point Non-flammable
Safety data sheet (SDS) External MSDS
Related compounds
Other anions
 Lead(II) oxide
Lead selenide
Lead telluride
Other cations
 Carbon monosulfide
Silicon monosulfide
Germanium(II) sulfide
Tin(II) sulfide
Related compounds
 Thallium sulfide
Lead(IV) sulfide
Bismuth sulfide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Addition of hydrogen sulfide or sulfide salts to a solution containing a lead salt, such as PbCl2, gives a black precipitate of lead sulfide.

Pb2+ + H2S → PbS↓ + 2 H+

This reaction is used in qualitative inorganic analysis. The presence of hydrogen sulfide or sulfide ions may be tested using "lead acetate paper."

Like the related materials PbSe and PbTe, PbS is a semiconductor.[9] In fact, lead sulfide was one of the earliest materials to be used as a semiconductor.[10] Lead sulfide crystallizes in the sodium chloride motif, unlike many other IV-VI semiconductors.

Since PbS is the main ore of lead, much effort has focused on its conversion. A major process involves smelting of PbS followed by reduction of the resulting oxide. Idealized equations for these two steps are:[11]

2 PbS + 3 O2 → 2 PbO + 2 SO2
PbO + C → Pb + CO

The sulfur dioxide is converted to sulfuric acid.

Nanoparticles

Lead sulfide-containing nanoparticle and quantum dots have been well studied.[12] Traditionally, such materials are produced by combining lead salts with a variety of sulfide sources.[13][14] In 2009, PbS nanoparticles have been examined for use in solar cells.[15]

Applications
Galena-based cat's-whisker detector used in the early 1900s
World War II German PbS infrared detector

Photodetector
See also: Photoconductivity

PbS was one of the first materials used for electrical diodes that could detect electromagnetic radiation, including infrared light.[16] As an infrared sensor, PbS directly detects light, as opposed to thermal detectors, which respond to a change in detector element temperature caused by the radiation. A PbS element can be used to measure radiation in either of two ways: by measuring the tiny photocurrent the photons cause when they hit the PbS material, or by measuring the change in the material's electrical resistance that the photons cause. Measuring the resistance change is the more commonly used method. At room temperature, PbS is sensitive to radiation at wavelengths between approximately 1 and 2.5 μm. This range corresponds to the shorter wavelengths in the infra-red portion of the spectrum, the so-called short-wavelength infrared (SWIR). Only very hot objects emit radiation in these wavelengths.

Cooling the PbS elements, for example using liquid nitrogen or a Peltier element system, shifts its sensitivity range to between approximately 2 and 4 μm. Objects that emit radiation in these wavelengths still have to be quite hot—several hundred degrees Celsius—but not as hot as those detectable by uncooled sensors. (Other compounds used for this purpose include indium antimonide (InSb) and mercury-cadmium telluride (HgCdTe), which have somewhat better properties for detecting the longer IR wavelengths.) The high dielectric constant of PbS leads to relatively slow detectors (compared to silicon, germanium, InSb, or HgCdTe).

Planetary science

Elevations above 2.6 km (1.63 mi) on the planet Venus are coated with a shiny substance. Though the composition of this coat is not entirely certain, one theory is that Venus "snows" crystallized lead sulfide much as Earth snows frozen water. If this is the case, it would be the first time the substance was identified on a foreign planet. Other less likely candidates for Venus' "snow" are bismuth sulfide and tellurium.[17]

Safety

Lead(II) sulfide is so insoluble that it is almost nontoxic, but pyrolysis of the material, as in smelting, gives dangerous toxic fumes of lead and oxides of sulfur.[18] Lead sulfide is insoluble and a stable compound in the pH of blood and so is probably one of the less toxic forms of lead.[19] A large safety risk occurs in the synthesis of PbS using lead carboxylates, as they are particularly soluble and can cause negative physiological conditions.

References
  1. Haynes, p. 4.69
  2. Linke, W. (1965). Solubilities. Inorganic and Metal-Organic Compounds. Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society. p. 1318.
  3. Ronald Eisler (2000). Handbook of Chemical Risk Assessment. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-56670-506-6.
  4. Haynes, p. 4.128
  5. Haynes, p. 4.135
  6. Haynes, p. 4.141
  7. Haynes, p. 9.63
  8. Haynes, p. 5.25
  9. Vaughan, D. J.; Craig, J. R. (1978). Mineral Chemistry of Metal Sulfides. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-21489-6.;
  10. Hogan, C. Michael (2011). "Sulfur". in Encyclopedia of Earth, eds. A. Jorgensen and C.J. Cleveland, National Council for Science and the environment, Washington DC. Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Sutherland, Charles A.; Milner, Edward F.; Kerby, Robert C.; Teindl, Herbert; Melin, Albert; Bolt, Hermann M. (2005). "Lead". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a15_193.pub2. ISBN 978-3527306732.
  12. "The Quantum Mechanics of Larger Semiconductor Clusters ("Quantum Dots")". Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 41 (1): 477–496. 1990-01-01. Bibcode:1990ARPC...41..477B. doi:10.1146/annurev.pc.41.100190.002401.
  13. Zhou, H. S.; Honma, I.; Komiyama, H.; Haus, Joseph W. (2002-05-01). "Coated semiconductor nanoparticles; the cadmium sulfide/lead sulfide system's synthesis and properties". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97 (4): 895–901. doi:10.1021/j100106a015.
  14. Wang, Wenzhong; Liu, Yingkai; Zhan, Yongjie; Zheng, Changlin; Wang, Guanghou (2001-09-15). "A novel and simple one-step solid-state reaction for the synthesis of PbS nanoparticles in the presence of a suitable surfactant". Materials Research Bulletin. 36 (11): 1977–1984. doi:10.1016/S0025-5408(01)00678-X.
  15. Lee, HyoJoong; Leventis, Henry C.; Moon, Soo-Jin; Chen, Peter; Ito, Seigo; Haque, Saif A.; Torres, Tomas; Nüesch, Frank; Geiger, Thomas (2009-09-09). "PbS and CdS Quantum Dot-Sensitized Solid-State Solar Cells: "Old Concepts, New Results"". Advanced Functional Materials. 19 (17): 2735–2742. doi:10.1002/adfm.200900081. ISSN 1616-3028. S2CID 98631978.
  16. Putley, E H; Arthur, J B (1951). "Lead Sulphide – An Intrinsic Semiconductor". Proceedings of the Physical Society. Series B. 64 (7): 616–618. doi:10.1088/0370-1301/64/7/110.
  17. "'Heavy metal' snow on Venus is lead sulfide". Washington University in St. Louis. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  18. "Lead sulfide MSDS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-11. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
  19. Bischoff, Fritz; Maxwell, L. C.; Evens, Richard D.; Nuzum, Franklin R. (1928). "Studies on the Toxicity of Various Lead Compounds Given Intravenously". Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 34 (1): 85–109.

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