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toc =**__Sulfur__ **=

Basic Facts:
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 * __Symbol:__ S
 * __Atomic Number:__ 16
 * __Group Number:__ 6A
 * __Period:__3
 * Has 16 protons and 16 electrons (these are the same number as sulfur's atomic number).
 * Sulfur also contains 16 neutrons.
 * Has 3 energy levels.
 * __Electrons per orbital:__ 2,8,6
 * __Atomic mass:__ 32.066 amu
 * Has the smell of a rotten egg (when it's Hydrogen sulfide).
 * __Where can it be found?:__ near volcanic regions and hot springs, along the Ring of Fire, Indonesia, Chile, and Japan.
 * Sulfur is Odorless.
 * Tastelss
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Sulfur is very reactive.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Pure sulfur is not harmful to people.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif">History:
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Has been known since the 6th century B.C. in China.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Was used in traditional Chinese medicine.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Was used in Chinese gun powder.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">**Antoine Lavoisier** convinced the scientists/scientific community that sulfur was an element around 1777!
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Sulfur has been known since ancient times.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif">Physical Properties:
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">__Boiling/Condensation Point__: 717.8 K (444.6 °C, 832.3 °F)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">__Melting /Freezing Point__: 388.36 K (115.21°C, 239.38 °F)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Sulfur is common on Earth.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">__Appearance and Color__: lemon yellow crystals.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">__Phase and most common state at earth temperatures__: solid.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Sulfur is pale yellow.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Brittle

<span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif">Isotopes:

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">__It has five isotopes:__ 32S, 33S, 34S, 35S, 36S

<span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif">Radioactive?:

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">35S is radioactive.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif">Interesting name facts:
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Sulfur is known as //sulphur// in the United Kingdom, India, Malaysia, South Africa, the Caribbean, Ireland, and Hong Kong.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Sulfur is known as //sulfur// in the U.S.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">In Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, both of the spellings -//sulphur// and //sulfur//- are used.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Brimstone was one of sulfur's earliest English names. Brimstone, an old-English word, means a stone that burns.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif">Quick Facts about Antoine Lavoisier:

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">He discovered that even though matter can change its form and/or shape, its mass will remain the same, always.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">He was a chemist, nobleman, and economist.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Lived from August 26, 1743 to May 8, 1794 in Paris, France.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Convinced scientists that sulfur was an element around 1777.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif">Modern Day Uses and Cost:
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">insecticides
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">pesticide
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">fingicides
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">fertilizers
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">preservatives
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">batteries
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">to "vulcanize rubber for use in tires"
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">medicines
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">for making sulfuric acid: sulfric acid is the least expensive commercial acid.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">gunpowder
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">matches
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">__Cost:__ usually $40 to $50 for 300 g. of sulfur.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 163, 0); font-family: Georgia,serif">Classification:
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 * nonmetal

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