SULFER

ATOMIC FACTS

• Atomic symbol: S

FACTS

• It's melting point is 239.38 degrees Fahrenheit (115.21 degrees Celsius)
• It's density is 2.067 grams per cubic centimeter

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• Sulfur makes up almost 3 percent of the Earth's mass.
• It's not clear where the name sulfur comes from. It could be from " sufra" or "yellow" in Arabic.
• "Sulphur" is the way it is spelled in the United Kingdom, while is preferred "sulfur" in America.

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• A Swedish warship sank in 1628 due to 2 tons of sulfur.
• Sulfur is non-toxic
• Several typical vitamins contain sulfur

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• Sulfur has been in use once ancient times and is mentioned in the Bible and the Torah.
• Sulfur is thought to be the seventh most common element in the human body

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• Today, sulfur is a byproduct of the refinement of fossil fuels into usable energy sources like gasoline.

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• About 90 percent of this elemental sulfur goes to make sulfuric acid.

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• Sulfur can serve as either an oxidant or as a reducing agent
• It is vital for organisms

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• Sulfur is tough to work with but it doesn't dissolve in other chemicals easily

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• 100 million tons of waste sulfur produced a year, the 10 percent not used in sulfuric acid production comes out to a not- insignificant 10 million tons a year

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• One allotrope of sulfur was in used in China as long ago as the sixth century BC.

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• It's name comes from the Sanskrit word " sulvere"

Bibliography

• Softschools.com
• Livescience.com