Sodium sulfide, chinhu chisina kugadzirwa chinozivikanwawo se omerous alkali, omerous soda, yellow alkali, kana sulfide alkali, i crystalline powder isina ruvara muchimiro chayo chakachena. Inonyatso hygroscopic uye inonyungudika nyore nyore mumvura, ichipa mhinduro yemvura inoratidza hunhu hwakasimba hwe alkaline. Kusangana neganda kana bvudzi kunogona kukonzera kutsva, ndosaka ichizivikanwa se "sulfide alkali." Kana ikaiswa mumhepo, mvura ye sodium sulfide inochinja zvishoma nezvishoma kuita sodium thiosulfate, sodium sulfite, sodium sulfate, uye sodium polysulfide. Pakati peizvi, sodium thiosulfate inogadzirwa nekukurumidza, zvichiita kuti ive chinhu chikuru che oxidation. Sodium sulfide inokurumidzawo kusvibiswa uye carbonation mumhepo, zvichikonzera kuora uye kuburitswa kwehydrogen sulfide gasi nguva dzose. Sodium sulfide yemhando yepamusoro inowanzova netsvina, inopa mithunzi yakaita sepingi, tsvuku-brown, kana yellow-brown. Simba remudumbu, nzvimbo yekunyunguduka, uye nzvimbo yekufashaira yechinhu ichi zvinogona kusiyana nekuda kwesimba retsvina idzi.

Sodium sulfide ine chitupa cheSGS chechitatu, chitupa cheindasitiri, uye yakapasa chitupa cheISO chemhando yepamusoro chepasi rose uye chitupa chekutevedzera REACH.