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SODIUM SULFIDE PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION CAS NO. 1313-82-2; 113584-74-0 EINECS NO. 215-211-5 FORMULA Na2S MOL WT. 78.04 H.S. CODE 2830.10.0000 TOXICITY Oral rat LD50: 208 mg/kg SYNONYMS Sodium monosulfide; Hesthsulphid; Sodium sulfuret; Disodium monosulfide; Disodium sulfide; Sodium Sulphide; SMILES S([Na])[Na] CLASSIFICATION Catalyst, Inorganic Chemical, Chalcogenide PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES PHYSICAL STATE yellow to red flakes MELTING POINT ? BOILING POINT ? SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.86 SOLUBILITY IN WATER Soluble (slightly soluble in alcohol) pH Alkaline VAPOR DENSITY ? AUTOIGNITION ? NFPA RATINGS Health: 3 Flammability: 0 Reactivity: 0 REFRACTIVE INDEX ? FLASH POINT ? STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions. Oxidizes in air . GENERAL DESCRIPTION APPLICATIONS Sodium Sulfide is a yellow to red solid; readily soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol. It is a strong reducing agent and reacts with oxidants. It is primarily used in pulp and paper industry. It is used in water treatment as an oxygen scavenger agent, in the photographic industry to protect developer solutions from oxidation, in textile industry as a bleaching, as a desulfurizing and as a dechlorinating agent and in leather trade for the sulfitization of tanning extracts. It is used in chemical manufacturing as a sulfonation and sulfomethylation agent. It is used in the production of rubber chemicals, sulfur dyes and other chemical compounds. It is use in other applications include ore flotation, oil recovery, food preservative, making dyes, and detergent. SALES SPECIFICATION GRADE I APPEARANCE red flakes Na2S 60.0% min Na2CO3 2.0% max Fe 0.15% max WATER INSOLUBLES 0.5% max GRADE II APPEARANCE yellow flakes Na2S 60.0% min Na2CO3 2.0% max Na2SO3 2.0% max Na2S2O3 2.0% max Fe 0.15% max WATER INSOLUBLES 0.5% max TRANSPORTATION PACKING 25kgs , 1mt in Bag HAZARD CLASS 4.2 (Packing Group: II ) UN NO. 1385, 1849 LABELING IN ACCORDANCE WITH EC DIRECTI