Calcium sulfide is an undesirable product from both FBC and topping cycle gasifiers. Unfortunately, its direct oxidation in a FBC environment is made difficult due to the fact that unreacted CaS is protected from further reaction with O 2 by formation of a CaSO 4 shell. In previous work it was often implied that oxidation of CaS occurred solely by reaction with O 2 . However, this study shows that CO 2 can be an effective oxidant for CaS at temperatures above 600°C. Furthermore, it appears that the principal gas-phase products are SO 2 and CO, and direct attempts to measure COS using mass spectrometry suggest that its formation is negligible. Somewhat surprisingly, SO 2 /CO molar ratios are in the range of 0.4 to 0.5, which is problematic, if the dominant reaction is CaS + 3CO 2 d CaO + 3CO + SO 2 , unless CO 2 is reacting to form elemental carbon, which appears unlikely, or side reactions occur, leading to a variety of gaseous products. These results also suggest that CO itself has no significant part in the oxidation process at least up to 850°C or more. Reaction with H 2 O also begins above 600°C, but it is a much less effective oxidant, and experiments with CO 2 /H 2 O further support the idea that CO 2 is the more important oxidant and might be used to destroy CaS from topping cycle gasifiers.