ʻIke ʻia ka sodium sulfide ma ke ʻano he mau granules crystalline keʻokeʻo a melemele māmā paha i ka mahana o ka lumi, e hoʻopuka ana i kahi ʻala e like me nā hua pala. ʻOiai e like paha me nā hua paʻakai maʻamau, ʻaʻole pono e lawelawe pololei ʻia me nā lima ʻōlohelohe. Ke hoʻopili ʻia me ka wai, lilo ia i pahee a hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili. Loaʻa pinepine ʻia ʻelua ʻano ma ka mākeke: anhydrous sodium sulfide, e like me nā ʻāpana kinipōpō liʻiliʻi, a me nonahydrate sodium sulfide, e like me nā ʻāpana translucent jelly-like.

Hoʻomalu pono ʻo Sodium sulfide i nā mea maka a me ka hana ʻana, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka maikaʻi paʻa. Kaomi ma aneʻi no kahi ʻōlelo kupanaha.