Hydrogen sulfide

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil212.87KN/AGoodwin, 1983Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.07 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus190.85KN/ABeckmann and Waentig, 1910Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple187.66KN/AGoodwin, 1983Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.06 K; TRC
Ttriple187.61KN/AGiauque and Blue, 1936Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.03 K; temp. scale for transition tempertures, T0 = 273.10 K Nature of transition C2 - C1 not definitely established; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ptriple0.229atmN/AGoodwin, 1983Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.005 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc373.3KN/ACubitt, Henderson, et al., 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.37 K; Tc from H.Kopper, 1936-450; TRC
Tc373.4KN/AGoodwin, 1983Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc88.53atmN/ACubitt, Henderson, et al., 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.18 atm; from VP equation fitted to lit. values of vapour pressure; TRC
Pc88.4570atmN/AGoodwin, 1983Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.30 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc10.2mol/lN/AGoodwin, 1983Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 mol/l; TRC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
4.66200.Dykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999Based on data from 185. to 228. K.; AC
4.45243.Dykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999Based on data from 228. to 363. K.; AC
5.23200.Giauque and Blue, 1936, 2Based on data from 187. to 213. K.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
138.8 to 212.84.43110829.439-25.412Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
212.8 to 349.54.52316958.587-0.539Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
5.38135.MGClark, Cockett, et al., 1951Based on data from 128. to 142. K.; AC
6.07175.N/AGiauque and Blue, 1936, 2Based on data from 164. to 187. K.; AC

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to H2S+ (ion structure unspecified)

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)10.457 ± 0.012eVN/AN/AL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)168.kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity161.0kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
10.453 ± 0.008PIWalters and Blais, 1984LBLHLM
10.4607 ± 0.0026PIPrest, Tzeng, et al., 1983LBLHLM
10.449 ± 0.006PIWalters and Blais, 1981LLK
10. ± 4.ENDSmith, Adams, et al., 1981LLK
10.48PEKimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981LLK
10.466 ± 0.002SKarlsson, Mattsson, et al., 1976LLK
10.56 ± 0.05EIBalkis, Gaines, et al., 1976LLK
10.5PIRabalais, Debies, et al., 1974LLK
10.43PENatalis, 1973LLK
10.45EIMorrison and Traeger, 1973LLK
10.47PEPotts and Price, 1972LLK
10.43PEDelwiche and Natalis, 1970RDSH
12.76PEDelwiche and Natalis, 1970RDSH
14.91PEDelwiche and Natalis, 1970RDSH
20.8PEDelwiche and Natalis, 1970RDSH
18.0PEDelwiche and Natalis, 1970RDSH
12.81PEDelwiche, Natalis, et al., 1970RDSH
14.79PEDelwiche, Natalis, et al., 1970RDSH
10.43 ± 0.01PIDibeler and Liston, 1968RDSH
10.42PEAl-Joboury and Turner, 1964RDSH
12.62PEAl-Joboury and Turner, 1964RDSH
14.82PEAl-Joboury and Turner, 1964RDSH
18.00PEAl-Joboury and Turner, 1964RDSH
20.12PEAl-Joboury and Turner, 1964RDSH
10.45 ± 0.03EIFrost and McDowell, 1958RDSH
10.46 ± 0.01PIWatanabe, 1954RDSH
10.47 ± 0.01SPrice, 1935RDSH
10.5PEBieri, Asbrink, et al., 1982Vertical value; LBLHLM
10.43PEWagner and Bock, 1974Vertical value; LLK
10.47PESchweig and Thiel, 1974Vertical value; LLK
10.48PEBock, Wagner, et al., 1972Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
HS+14.300 ± 0.024HPIPrest, Tzeng, et al., 1983LBLHLM
HS+14.7 ± 0.2HEIBalkis, Gaines, et al., 1976LLK
HS+14.4HEIMorrison and Traeger, 1973LLK
HS+14.27 ± 0.02HPIDibeler and Liston, 1968RDSH
HS+14.4 ± 0.1HEIPalmer and Lossing, 1962RDSH
S+13.375 ± 0.022H2PIPrest, Tzeng, et al., 1983LBLHLM
S+13.41H2PIPECOEland, 1979LLK
S+13.5H2EIMorrison and Traeger, 1973LLK
S+13.36 ± 0.01H2PIDibeler and Liston, 1968RDSH
S+13.40 ± 0.01H2PIDibeler and Liston, 1968RDSH

De-protonation reactions

HS- + Hydrogen cation = Hydrogen sulfide

By formula: HS- + H+ = H2S

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr351.4 ± 0.7kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 6 out of 7 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr344.4 ± 3.0kcal/molH-TSRempala and Ervin, 2000gas phase; B
Δr344.8 ± 2.0kcal/molIMREBartmess, Scott, et al., 1979gas phase; value altered from reference due to change in acidity scale; B
Δr344.90 ± 0.10kcal/molH-TSShiell, Hu, et al., 1900gas phase; 0K:350.125±0.009 kcal/mol, corr to 298K from Gurvich, Veyts, et al., With EA( Breyer, Frey, et al., 1981)BDE(0K)=89.97±0.05; B
Δr345.6 ± 2.0kcal/molIMRECumming and Kebarle, 1978gas phase; B
Δr342.30kcal/molN/ACheck, Faust, et al., 2001gas phase; MnO2-(t); ; ΔS(EA)=5.4; B

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Goodwin, 1983
Goodwin, R.D., Hydrogen sulfide provisional thermophysical properties from 188 to 700K at pressures to 75 MPa, Report, NBSIR-83-1694; NTIS No. PB84-122704, 177 pp., 1983. [all data]

Beckmann and Waentig, 1910
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Giauque and Blue, 1936
Giauque, W.F.; Blue, R.W., Hydrogen Sulfide. The Heat Capacity and Vapor Pressure of Solid and Liquid. The HEat of Vaporization. A Comparison of Thermooodynamic and Spectroscopic Values of the Entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 831. [all data]

Cubitt, Henderson, et al., 1987
Cubitt, A.G.; Henderson, C.; Staveley, L.A.K.; Fonseca, I.M.A.; Ferreira, A.G.M., Some thermodynamic properties of liquid hydrogen sulphide and deuterium sulphide, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 703. [all data]

Dykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999
Dykyj, J.; Svoboda, J.; Wilhoit, R.C.; Frenkel, M.L.; Hall, K.R., Vapor Pressure of Chemicals: Part A. Vapor Pressure and Antoine Constants for Hydrocarbons and Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium and Hydrogen Containing Organic Compounds, Springer, Berlin, 1999, 373. [all data]

Giauque and Blue, 1936, 2
Giauque, W.F.; Blue, R.W., Hydrogen Sulfide. The Heat Capacity and Vapor Pressure of Solid and Liquid. The Heat of Vaporization. A Comparison of Thermodynamic and Spectroscopic Values of the Entropy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 5, 831-837, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01296a045 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
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Clark, Cockett, et al., 1951
Clark, A.M.; Cockett, A.H.; Eisner, H.S., The Vapour Pressure of Hydrogen Sulphide, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 1951, 209, 1098, 408-415, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1951.0214 . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Walters and Blais, 1984
Walters, E.A.; Blais, N.C., Molecular beam photoionization and fragmentation of D2S, (H2S)2, (D2S)2, and H2S.H2O, J. Chem. Phys., 1984, 80, 3501. [all data]

Prest, Tzeng, et al., 1983
Prest, H.F.; Tzeng, W.-B.; Brom, J.M., Jr.; Ng, C.Y., Molecular beam photoionization study of H2S, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1983, 50, 315. [all data]

Walters and Blais, 1981
Walters, E.A.; Blais, N.C., Molecular beam photoionization of (H2S)n,n = 1 - 7, J. Chem. Phys., 1981, 75, 4208. [all data]

Smith, Adams, et al., 1981
Smith, D.; Adams, N.G.; Lindinger, W., Reactions of the HnS ions (n = 0 to 3) with several molecular gases at thermal energies, J. Chem. Phys., 1981, 75, 3365. [all data]

Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S., Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [all data]

Karlsson, Mattsson, et al., 1976
Karlsson, L.; Mattsson, L.; Jadrny, R.; Bergmark, T.; Siegbahn, K., Vibrational ans vibronic structure in the valence electron spectrum of H2S, Phys. Scr., 1976, 13, 229. [all data]

Balkis, Gaines, et al., 1976
Balkis, T.; Gaines, A.F.; Ozgen, G.; Ozgen, I.T.; Flowers, M.C., Ionization of hydrogen sul- phide, selenide and telluride by electron impact, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1976, 72, 524. [all data]

Rabalais, Debies, et al., 1974
Rabalais, J.W.; Debies, T.P.; Berkosky, J.L.; Huang, J.-T.J.; Ellison, F.O., Calculated photoionization cross sections relative experimental photoionization intensities for a selection of small molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 61, 516. [all data]

Natalis, 1973
Natalis, P., Contribution a la spectroscopie photoelectronique. Effets de l'autoionisation dans less spectres photoelectroniques de molecules diatomiques et triatomiques, Acad. R. Belg. Mem. Cl. Sci. Collect. 8, 1973, 41, 1. [all data]

Morrison and Traeger, 1973
Morrison, J.D.; Traeger, J.C., Ionization and dissociation by electron impact. I. H2O and H2S, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1973, 11, 77. [all data]

Potts and Price, 1972
Potts, A.W.; Price, W.C., Photoelectron spectra and valence shell orbital structures of groups V VI hydrides, Proc. R. Soc. London A:, 1972, 326, 181. [all data]

Delwiche and Natalis, 1970
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Delwiche, Natalis, et al., 1970
Delwiche, J.; Natalis, P.; Collin, J.E., High resolution photoelectron spectrometry of H2S and H2Se, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1970, 5, 443. [all data]

Dibeler and Liston, 1968
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Al-Joboury and Turner, 1964
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Frost and McDowell, 1958
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Watanabe, 1954
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Price, 1935
Price, W.C., The far ultraviolet absorption spectra and ionization potentials of H2S, CS2, and SO2, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 1935, 10, 9. [all data]

Bieri, Asbrink, et al., 1982
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Wagner and Bock, 1974
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Schweig and Thiel, 1974
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Bock, Wagner, et al., 1972
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Palmer and Lossing, 1962
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Eland, 1979
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Rempala and Ervin, 2000
Rempala, K.; Ervin, K.M., Collisional activation of the Endoergic Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reaction S-(2P) + H2 - SH- + H, J. Chem. Phys., 2000, 112, 10, 4579, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.481016 . [all data]

Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979
Bartmess, J.E.; Scott, J.A.; McIver, R.T., Jr., The gas phase acidity scale from methanol to phenol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 6047. [all data]

Shiell, Hu, et al., 1900
Shiell, R.C.; Hu, X.K.; Hu, Q.J.; Hepburn, J.W., A determination of the bond dissociation energy (D-0(H-SH)): Threshold ion-pair production spectroscopy (TIPPS) of a triatomic molecule, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1900, 104, 19, 4339-4342, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp000025k . [all data]

Gurvich, Veyts, et al.
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Breyer, Frey, et al., 1981
Breyer, F.; Frey, P.; Hotop, H., High Resolution Photoelectron Spectrometry of Negative Ions: Rotational Transitions in Laser-Photodetachment of OH-, SH-, and SD-, Z. Phys. A, 1981, 300, 1, 7, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01412609 . [all data]

Cumming and Kebarle, 1978
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Check, Faust, et al., 2001
Check, C.E.; Faust, T.O.; Bailey, J.M.; Wright, B.J.; Gilbert, T.M.; Sunderlin, L.S., Addition of Polarization and Diffuse Functions to the LANL2DZ Basis Set for P-Block Elements, J. Phys. Chem. A,, 2001, 105, 34, 8111, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp011945l . [all data]


Notes

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