Registration Dossier

Data platform availability banner - registered substances factsheets

Please be aware that this old REACH registration data factsheet is no longer maintained; it remains frozen as of 19th May 2023.

The new ECHA CHEM database has been released by ECHA, and it now contains all REACH registration data. There are more details on the transition of ECHA's published data to ECHA CHEM here.

Diss Factsheets

Environmental fate & pathways

Endpoint summary

Administrative data

Description of key information

Additional information

Polysulfides in aqueous solutions will practically always be deprotonated. At neutral and slightly alkaline conditions, S62-, S52-, and S42- dominate. These polysulfides are unstable especially under acidic conditions because polysulfides dissolved in water disproportionate as for instance according to the following reaction; Sn2- + H+--> Sn-1+ HS-. The rates of polysulfide oxidation are high compared to the oxidation rates of sulfide. The half-life of sulfide under oxic conditions is considered to be in the order of a few hours to days.