No Light Reflected back yielded Black!

Chemistry Level 3

How many of the following Sulphides are black in color?

  • N i S \ce{NiS}

  • A s X 2 S X 3 \ce {As2S3 }

  • S n S X 2 \ce { SnS2 }

  • S n S \ce {SnS }

  • C u S \ce { CuS }

  • C o S \ce { CoS }

  • B i X 2 S X 3 \ce { Bi2S3 }

  • H g S \ce { HgS }

  • P b S \ce { PbS }

  • C d S \ce { CdS}

  • M n S \ce {MnS }

  • Z n S \ce { ZnS }

  • A g X 2 S \ce { Ag2S}

  • A s X 2 S X 5 \ce {As2S5 }

  • S b X 2 S X 3 \ce { Sb2S3 }

  • S b X 2 S X 5 \ce { Sb2S5}


I just now came to know that there is some problem with the colour of B i X 2 S X 3 \ce { Bi2S3 } , so for the purpose of this problem, take its colour to be Black! (Not brown)


This is a part of my set Inorganic Fun
8 7 10 12 2 6 14 4

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1 solution

Aniket Sanghi
Jan 8, 2017
  • N i S NiS Black

  • A s X 2 S X 3 \ce {As2S3 } -- Yellow

  • S n S X 2 \ce { SnS2 } -- Yellow

  • S n S \ce {SnS } -- Brown

  • C u S \ce { CuS } -- Black

  • C o S \ce { CoS } -- Black

  • B i X 2 S X 3 \ce { Bi2S3 } -- Black

  • H g S \ce { HgS } -- Black

  • P b S \ce { PbS } -- Black

  • C d S \ce { CdS} -- Yellow

  • M n S \ce {MnS } -- Buff (Pink)

  • Z n S \ce { ZnS } -- White

  • A g X 2 S \ce { Ag2S} -- Black

  • A s X 2 S X 5 \ce {As2S5 } -- Yellow

  • S b X 2 S X 3 \ce { Sb2S3 } -- Orange (upon heating , turns black! )

  • S b X 2 S X 5 \ce { Sb2S5} -- Orange

Yup did the same!!

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 5 months ago

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Is this important for jee?

Prince Loomba - 4 years, 4 months ago

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Yup it is indeed very important . check up jee 2014 paper 1 . you will find this kind of problem in integer type (although easier)

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 4 months ago

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@Prakhar Bindal I knew only MnS and BI2S3 and CuS and ZnS and PbS and HgS

Prince Loomba - 4 years, 4 months ago

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@Prince Loomba Ohh .now you know right??

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 4 months ago

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@Prakhar Bindal No learning all is tough

Prince Loomba - 4 years, 4 months ago

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@Prince Loomba You have to rather . These kind of problems are pretty common for JEE Inorganic

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 4 months ago

i did not know it , just guessed it :P

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 5 months ago

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