Preparation of Precipitated sulfur Flashcards
Equation for sulfur
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Sulfur: Color
Pale Yellow
Sulfur: Odor
Odorless
Sulfur: Form
Very fine amorphous powder
Sulfur: Results of litmus paper
blue to blue, red to red
Sulfur: Conclusion
neither acidic nor basic (neutral)
Sulfur Test of purity: + K2C2O4 (no ppt)
absence of Ca+2
Sulfur Test of purity: + AgNO3 (no ppt)
absence of Cl
Sulfur Test of purity: Result
Dissolves readily
Sulfur: conclusion
absence of sulfur
addition of water to lime (CaO) with the liberation of heat
Slaking
Sulfur: kinds of preparation
Liquids mixture because particles since it is lighter and easily suspended
Lime
CaO
lime water
Ca(OH)2 solution
Slaked lime
Ca(OH)2
Limestone
CaCO3
Milk of lime
Ca(OH)2 suspension
Other forms of sulfur (Official prep)
Sublimed sulfur, wash sulfur
Allotropic forms of sulfur
Crystalline: Rhombic, monoclinic
Other term for Rhombic
Octahedral sulfate
Other term for Monoclinic
Prismatic sulfur plastic
Uses of sulfur
Scabicide, cathartic, Aid in fumigation, Keratolytic (fungicidal action), treatment for seborrhea and burns