Sulfur

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Sulfur

• Atomic Number 16 Known to the
• Group 16 ancients referred to
• Period 3 in Genesis as
• Series Nonmetals brimstone
• Crystal Structure Orthorhombic
• Boiling Point 717.75K (444.75C832.55F)
• Melting point 388.36K (115.36C239.65F)
• Description solid, brittle, pale yellow
  non-metal

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Foreign Sulfur
Chey flags

• Czech Síra
• Croatian Sumpor
• French Soufre
• German Schwefel-e
• Italian Solfo

• Norwegian Svovel
• Portugese Enxôfre
• Russian Cepa
• Spanish Azufre
• Swedish Svavel

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IsotopesEleven isotopes of sulfur exist. Four
occur in natural sulfur, none of which is
radioactive.
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Whats It For?

• Sulfur is used in matches, gunpowder, fireworks,
  batteries, vulcanization of black rubber
  medicine, permanent wave lotion, and pesticides.
  It also used in the making of sulfuric acid
  (H2SO4), the most important manufactured chemical
  used in making sulfite paper and other papers, as
  a fumigant, and in the bleaching of dried fruits.
  

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The Bare Necessities

• Sulfur is essential to life as a component of
  fats, body fluids, and bones. It is non-toxic as
  the element and in the form of sulfate. But
  carbon disulfide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur
  dioxide are all toxic, especially hydrogen
  sulfide which can cause DEATH? by respiratory
  paralysis. It also quickly deadens the sense of
  smell. So, if you have been exposed to hydrogen
  sulfide without the proper cautionary methods,
  then , and thank your lucky stars
  that you are not already a victim of
  deaths trap. (And you might consider
  visiting a doctor.)
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For your 411

• Pure sulfur is actually odorless.
• Sulfur is insoluble in water, but it is soluble
  in carbon disulfide.
• Sulfur can be found in pure form and in ores like
  cinnabar, galena, sphalerite, and stibnite.
• Sulfur has three energy levels.

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What do you know!?!

• A dark area near the crater Aristarchus on the
  moon has been studied by R. W. Wood with
  ultraviolet light. This study suggests strongly
  that it is a sulfur deposit. This discovery is
  not agreed upon by all scientists.

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From Deep Down in the Ground
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• Sulfur is commercially recovered from the wells
  sunk into the salt domes along the Gulf Coast of
  the U.S. It is obtained from these wells by the
  Frasch process, which forces heated water into
  the wells to melt the sulfur, which is then
  brought to the surface.

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Sulfuric Light??!??

• In 1990 the sulfur lamp was invented. It was
  first demonstrated in 1994. The sulfur lamp is
  Full spectrum (like the sun ), stable in
  color and brightness, long-lived,
  environmentally safe, quick to start, operable in
  any position, very consistent in performance, and
  compact.

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• Well, its time for me to close and
  lock up the door on this project. Im
  going to run on out of here now.
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