• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Sodium Sulfide Solution

Sodium Sulfide Solution Sodium sulphide solution

Dissolve, with heating, 12 g of sodium sulfide in 45 mL of a mixture of 10 volumes of water and 29 volumes of glycerol (85%), allow to cool and dilute to 100 mL with the same mixture.

It should be colourless.