Sodium sulfide, ekirungo ekitari ky’obuhangwa ekindi ekirikumanyirwa nka alkali erikunuuka, soda erikunuuka, alkali eya kyenju, nari sulfide alkali, n’ekirungo ky’ekibiriiti ekitaine rangi omu muringo gwakyo ogushemeire. Nikikora gye munonga kandi nikibaasa kusheesheka omu maizi, kireetaho okusheesheka kw’amaizi okurikworeka emitwarize y’amaani ey’okusheesheka omu maizi. Okukwata aha ruhu nari aha ishokye nikibaasa kureetera omuntu kwotsya, nikyo kirikukira kwetwa “sulfide alkali.” Ku kirikuteebwa omu mwanya, amaizi g’ekirungo kya sodium sulfide nigahinduka mporampora gakahinduka sodium thiosulfate, sodium sulfite, sodium sulfate, na sodium polysulfide. Omuri ebi, sodium thiosulfate neekorwa omu bwire bukye, ekirikugihindura ekirugire omu kuhindura ebiriisa. Sodium sulfide nayo neebaasa kusheesheka n’okuhinduka carbon omu mwanya, ekirikureetaho okuvunda n’okuguma neeshohoza omuyaga gwa hydrogen sulfide. Sodium sulfide ey’omutindo gw’amakorero neekira kubamu obukooko, erikuha ebicucu nka pinka, erikutukura-kitaka, nari erangi ya kyenju-kitaka. Oburemeezi bw’ensi, ahu kirikusheenya, n’okufuka kw’ekirungo nibibaasa kuhinduka ahabw’okukwatwaho kw’obukooko obu.

Sodium sulfide eine orusa rwa SGS orw’ekibiina kya kashatu, orusa rw’omutindo gw’amakorero, kandi ehingwireho orusa rwa ISO orw’omutindo gw’ensi yoona n’orusa rwa REACH orw’okukuratira ebiragiro.