All About Sulfur!
When: Around 1777
Who Discovered it: Antoine Lavoisier
Atomic Number: 16
Atomic Mass: 32.065
Physical properties: Density: 2.067 grams per cubic centimeter, Sulfur is odorless, yellow, brittle, and solid
Found in Nature: Deep in the ground, and also in volcanoes
Melting point; 388.36 K, 115.21 C, 239.38 F
Boiling point: 717.75 K, 444.60 C, 832.28 F
Location on periodic table: Period Number: 3, Group Number: 16
Cost per Gram: 2 dollars per gram
Compounds: Hydrogen sulfide, Sulfur dioxide
Uses: Used in matches, Used in rubber, Used in gunpowder, Used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, Essential to all living things
Fact 1: Sulfur's original name was Sanskrit ‘sulvere’ or Latin ‘sulphurium'
Fact 2: Group name: Chalcogen
Fact 3: it’s a non-metal
Fact 4: Sulfur atoms found in different locations have slightly different percentages of the four isotopes, however
Fact 5: Sulfur is in plastic
Fact 6: It is an essential element for life and is found in two amino acids, cysteine and methionine
Fact 7: 10th most abundant element in the universe
Citation for first site: <a href="http://science.jrank.org/pages/6598/Sulfur.html">Sulfur - Where Sulfur Is Found, Compounds Of Sulfur</a>
Citation for second site: The Element Sulfur[Click for Isotope Data]." It's Elemental. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele016.html>.
-Samantha C. and Sophie T., Mrs. Moorman and Mrs. Crews, Period 4
When: Around 1777
Who Discovered it: Antoine Lavoisier
Atomic Number: 16
Atomic Mass: 32.065
Physical properties: Density: 2.067 grams per cubic centimeter, Sulfur is odorless, yellow, brittle, and solid
Found in Nature: Deep in the ground, and also in volcanoes
Melting point; 388.36 K, 115.21 C, 239.38 F
Boiling point: 717.75 K, 444.60 C, 832.28 F
Location on periodic table: Period Number: 3, Group Number: 16
Cost per Gram: 2 dollars per gram
Compounds: Hydrogen sulfide, Sulfur dioxide
Uses: Used in matches, Used in rubber, Used in gunpowder, Used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, Essential to all living things
Fact 1: Sulfur's original name was Sanskrit ‘sulvere’ or Latin ‘sulphurium'
Fact 2: Group name: Chalcogen
Fact 3: it’s a non-metal
Fact 4: Sulfur atoms found in different locations have slightly different percentages of the four isotopes, however
Fact 5: Sulfur is in plastic
Fact 6: It is an essential element for life and is found in two amino acids, cysteine and methionine
Fact 7: 10th most abundant element in the universe
Citation for first site: <a href="http://science.jrank.org/pages/6598/Sulfur.html">Sulfur - Where Sulfur Is Found, Compounds Of Sulfur</a>
Citation for second site: The Element Sulfur[Click for Isotope Data]." It's Elemental. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele016.html>.
-Samantha C. and Sophie T., Mrs. Moorman and Mrs. Crews, Period 4