Sulfur

Sulfur (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphur (Commonwealth spelling) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with the chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature.

biogeochemical cycle of sulfur

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In chemistry, a disulfide (or disulphide in British English) is a compound containing a functional group or the anion. In inorganic chemistry, the anion appears in a few rare minerals. Compounds of the form are usually called persulfides instead.

nuclides with atomic number of 16 but with different mass numbers

contact process is a method to prepare sulphuric acid / oil of vitriol in industrial cases.

industrial process historically used to produce sulfuric acid

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smelting process for sulfur-containing ores

Rosickyite is a rare native element mineral that is a polymorph of sulfur. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system and is a high temperature, high density polymorph. It occurs as soft, colorless to pale yellow crystals and efflorescences.

water that contains a lot of hydrogen sulfide

optical phenomenon resulting from burning sulfur

chemical compound

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sulfur mining in Sicily, Italy

idiomatic expression of signs of God's wrath in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament.

composite construction material with elemental sulfur as a binder

conflict between Sicily and the United Kingdom