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Sulfur

99.998% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

sulfur powder

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
32.07
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12141912
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

vapor density

8.9 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 183.8 °C)
10 mmHg ( 246 °C)

Assay

99.998% trace metals basis

form

powder or flakes

autoignition temp.

450 °F

resistivity

2E23 μΩ-cm, 20°C

bp

444.7 °C (lit.)

mp

112.8 °C (rhombic) (lit.)
117-120 °C (lit.)
119.0 °C (monoclinic) (lit.)

density

2.07 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

[S]

InChI

1S/S

InChI key

NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Elemental sulfur exists in thirty different solid allotropes of which orthorhombic sulfur is the only thermodynamically stable form under normal temperature and pressure. It dissolves in a number of organic solvents and forms a large number of oxyacids. Sulfur is generally highly reactive; the S8 ring of elemental sulfur is easily broken by a number of nucleophilic reactants. The hydroxyl ions react with S at about 100oC.

Application

It finds applications in Li-S polymer batteries and as semiconductor-sensitizer layer CdS/CdSe/ZnS for solar cells.

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

4.1B - Flammable solid hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Preparation and electrochemical properties of lithium-sulfur polymer batteries
Journal of Power Sources, 109(1), 89-97 (2002)
Effects of Nanosized Adsorbing Material on Electrochemical Properties of Sulfur Cathodes for LiOS Secondary Batteries
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 151(6), A791-A795 (2004)
Multilayered semiconductor (CdS/CdSe/ZnS)-sensitized TiO2 mesoporous solar cells: all prepared by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction processes.
Chemistry of Materials, 22(19), 5636-5643 (2010)
Lingli Huang et al.
Science advances, 6(47) (2020-11-20)
Low-dimensional materials usually exhibit mechanical properties from those of their bulk counterparts. Here, we show in two-dimensional (2D) rhenium disulfide (ReS2) that the fracture processes are dominated by a variety of previously unidentified phenomena, which are not present in bulk
Farhad Forouhar et al.
Nature chemical biology, 9(5), 333-338 (2013-04-02)
How living organisms create carbon-sulfur bonds during the biosynthesis of critical sulfur-containing compounds is still poorly understood. The methylthiotransferases MiaB and RimO catalyze sulfur insertion into tRNAs and ribosomal protein S12, respectively. Both belong to a subgroup of radical-S-adenosylmethionine (radical-SAM)

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