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sulfur (S, 3P2 in ground state)
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sulfur	has symbol S
	has lethal intake 175 mg kg-1 for rabbits
	has reserves 2.5 × 109 tonnes
	has main mining area USA (native sulfur), Spain
	has mineral occurs naturally as native sulfur deposits associated with oil-bearing strata
	has neutron scattering length 0.2847 × 10-12 cm
	has electron affinity 200.4 kJ mol-1 from S to S-
	has toxic intake elemental form is not very toxic, but simple derivatives are (SO2, H2S, etc.)
	has mass magnetic susceptibility -6.09 × 10-9 kg-1 m3 for α solid
	has mass magnetic susceptibility -5.83 × 10-9 kg-1 m3 for β solid
	has electrical resistivity 2 × 1015 Ω m at 293 K
	has van der Waals radii 185 pm
	has covalent radii 104 pm
	has thermal neutron capture cross section 0.53 barns
	has longest lived isotope sulfur 32
	has isotope mass range 29 to 39
	has number of isotopes 11 including nuclear isomers
	has pronunciation sul-fer
	has name origin sulvere = sulfur from Sanskrit (sulphurium from Latin)
	has abundance 1.6 × 107 in Sun relative to H = 1 × 1012
	has abundance 260 p.p.m. in Earth's crust
	has abundance 870 p.p.m. in seawater
	has specimen powder and flakes. Safe.
	has world production 54 × 106
	has chief source native sulfur, pyrite, H2S in natural gas
	has mass absorption coefficient 89.1 cm2 g-1 for CuKα X-ray diffraction
	has mass absorption coefficient 9.55 cm2 g-1 for MoKα X-ray diffraction
	has space group Fddd for α form
	has crystal cell dimension a = 1046.46, b = 1286.60, c = 2448.60 pm for α form
	has crystal type orthorhombic for α form
	has atomic emission line 545.38 nm for S II
	has atomic emission line 547.36 nm for S II
	has atomic emission line 550.97 nm for S II
	has atomic emission line 560.61 nm for S II
	has atomic emission line 565.99 nm for S II
	has atomic emission line 792.40 nm for S I
	has atomic emission line 964.99 nm for S I
	has term symbol 3P2 in ground state
	has electron configuration [Ne]3s23p4 in ground state
	has mass of element in person 140 g for a 70 kg average person
	has daily dietary intake 850 - 930 mg
	has level in humans 1800 mg dm-3 in blood
	has level in humans 500 - 2400 p.p.m. in bone
	has level in humans 7000 - 12000 p.p.m. in liver
	has level in humans 5000 - 11000 p.p.m. in muscle
	has hazard elemental form is harmless unless ingested; ignited it emits highly toxic SO2 fumes
	has biological role essential to all living things; part of the amino acids methionine and cysteine
	has linear expansion coefficient 74.33 × 10-6 K-1
	has thermal conductivity 0.269 W m-1 K-1 for α at 300 K
	has molar volume 15.49 cm3
	has heat capacity 22.64 J K-1 mol-1 for α solid at constant pressure 0.1 MPa at 298.15 K
	has heat capacity 23.673 J K-1 mol-1 for gas at constant pressure 0.1 MPa at 298.15 K
	has heat of vaporization 9.62 kJ mol-1
	has heat of fusion 1.23 kJ mol-1
	has boiling point 717.824 K
	has melting point 386.0 K for α form
	has electronegativity 2.58 Pauling
	has relative atomic mass 32.066 in units of 12C = 12.000
	has ionic radii 29 pm for S6+
	has ionic radii 37 pm for S4+
	has ionic radii 184 pm for S2-
	has atomic radii 104 pm
	has number of protons 16
	has registry number 7704-34-9 for Chemical Abstracts System database
has density 2070 kg m-3 for α solid at 293 K
has density 1957 kg m-3 for β solid at 293 K
has density 1819 kg m-3 for liquid at 393 K
has ocean oxidation state VI
has ocean residence time 8 × 106 years
has atomic number
reacts with air when heated
reacts with oxidising acids
has discovery date prehistoric
has uses key industrial chemical, starting point for sulfuric acid
has image
has definition the α-S8 orthorhombic form of sulfur is yellow
is a kind of nonmetallic element
is a kind of group VI element
is a kind of chalcophile element
is a kind of accumulating oceanic element
has critical pressure 20700 kPa
has critical temperature 1314 K
accumulating oceanic element	has ocean concentration depth indenpendent
chalcophile element	has occurrence in sulfide minerals
group VI element	has group 16
	has synonym chalcogen
element	is a part of Universe
particle	obeys uncertainty principle
	has frequency inversely proportional to the wavelength
	has wavelength inversely proportional to its momentum
	has charge
	has mass
physical object	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

Kinds of sulfur :

• sulfur 32 (13 facts) (³²S)
• sulfur 33 (9 facts) (³³S)
• sulfur 34 (8 facts) (³⁴S)
• sulfur 35 (12 facts) (³⁵S)
• sulfur 36 (8 facts) (³⁶S)
• sulfur 37 (8 facts) (³⁷S)
• sulfur 38 (10 facts) (³⁸S)

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