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sulfur
[ suhl-fer ]
noun
- Also especially British, Chemistry. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used especially in making gunpowder and matches, in medicine, in vulcanizing rubber, etc. : S; : 32.064; : 16; : 2.07 at 20° C.
sulfur
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noun
- the US preferred spelling of sulphur
sulfur
/ ²õűô′´ÚÉ™°ù /
- A pale-yellow, brittle nonmetallic element that occurs widely in nature, especially in volcanic deposits, minerals, natural gas, and petroleum. It is used to make gunpowder and fertilizer, to vulcanize rubber, and to produce sulfuric acid. Atomic number 16; atomic weight 32.066; melting point (rhombic) 112.8°C; (monoclinic) 119.0°C; boiling point 444.6°C; specific gravity (rhombic) 2.07; (monoclinic) 1.957; valence 2, 4, 6.
- See Periodic Table
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sulfur1
Example Sentences
They contain sulfur compounds that make them pungent when raw, mellow when cooked and addictively complex when layered.
In July, El Sobrante managers informed the South Coast Air Quality Management District that a chemical reaction brewing inside the landfill was causing broiling temperatures and producing toxic sulfur pollution, according to air district records.
And although landfill operators routinely monitor for potentially dangerous gases, such as methane or sulfur dioxide, they typically don’t have instruments that would detect toxic contaminants in wildfire ash, like lead or asbestos.
Scientists also have learned from measurements of sulfur particles emitted by ships’ exhaust, which create wispy, reflective, contrail-like clouds, similar to what marine cloud brightening could achieve.
It can result, above all, from the reaction of sulfur dioxide with hydroxyl radicals.
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