SULFUR Flashcards
Bright yellow crystalline material that forms near volcanic vents and fumaroles
Sulfur
Biblical times
Brimstone
OCCURS IN NATURAL COMPOUNDS
SUCH AS IRON PYRITE, COPPER SULFIDES, AND GYPSUM
combined sulfur
BY PRODUCT OF OTHER PROC
ESSES SUCH AS OIL RE FINING OR AIR POLLUTION
CONTROL
Recovered sulfur
PRESSED INTO PARTICULAR SHAPES
TO ENHANCE HANDLING AND TO SUPPRESS DUST
Formed sulfur
THE _____PROCESS USES HOT WATER TO MELT
SULFUR TRAPPED IN SALT
Frashc Mining
IF SULFUR IS EXTRACTED
VIA THE ______,
IT NEEDS TO BE PROCESSED TO REMOVE IT
FROM THE NATURAL GASSES THAT ARE MIXED WITH IT.
Claus process
contained in coal, oil, shale that is rick in OM
600 Billion tons
China sulfur
16%
Democratic Republic of COngo Sulfur
15%
South Africa Sulfur
13%
Exporter of Sulfur
UAE, Russia and Qatar
world resource
KAwah Ijen Volcano Indonesia
Sulfur Usage
Sulphuric Acid
Carbon Disulfate and Sodium Thiosulfate
Sugar refining
Fungicide