What is sulfur and its history?
Regardless of the source, once in the human body sulfur and sulphur compounds must be metabolized and detoxified properly. Poor metabolism and detoxification can occur due to a variety of reasons such as: nutritional deficiencies, lack of appropriate enzymatic activity, heavy metal toxicity, viral or bacterial infections and genetic defects. The inability of the body to properly metabolize and detoxify sulfur and sulfur compounds results in the buildup of excitotoxic and neurotoxic compounds. The buildup of these toxic compounds greatly affects the limbic system, thereby causing a variety of symptoms in not only the nervous system, but the endocrine and immune systems as well.
Along with discussing the many aspects of sulfur and sulfur compounds, this report and the next report will also be discussing chemical processes that take place in both the environment and the human body. Therefore, my previous report – Chemistry: A Primer – should be used as a reference if need be.
Characteristics of Sulfur
Non-metal Atomic number – 16 Atomic mass – 32.065 Number of isotopes – 25 isotopes:
Granular Sulphur is the tenth most abundant element in the universe. It is a pale yellow, tasteless, odorless and brittle material that is non-toxic. Sulfur granules is solid at room temperature, but melts easily at a temperature of only 239o – slightly above the boiling point of water (212o). Sulphur lump does not dissolve in water (insoluble) and forms stable compounds with all elements except the noble gases. Regarding Sulphur prices, Sulphur lumps has lower price than sulfur granules, or Sulphur powder.
As compared with oxygen, which can form covalent bonds to one, two or exceptionally three other atoms, the most striking feature of sulfur is its added ability to bond to four, five or six atoms.
Sulphur burns if heated and is referred to as brimstone in ancient literature – “fire and brimstone”.
In nature sulfur can primarily be found occurring in three forms 1) elemental sulfur, 2) sulfides, and 3) sulfates. Together these three forms of sulfur constitutes about 0.05 percent of the Earth’s crust. After oxygen and silicon, sulfur is the most abundant constituent of minerals. Most Sulphur suppliers are supplying Sulphur which is made from petroleum industry.
Natural Sources of Sulfur
Turkmenistan sulphur is a natural component of the environment found in soil nearly everywhere in the world by granular Sulphur manufacturers and sulfur suppliers.There are geological areas where elemental sulfur occurs as massive sedimentary deposits. Examples of this occur in areas near hot springs and volcanic regions. Significant deposits of elemental sulfur also exist in salt domes along the coastal regions of Texas and Louisiana. In areas of heavy deposits sulfur is extracted from the
ground using a process called the Frasch process. Because the boiling point of sulfur is low, the Frasch process involves pumping down superheated steam down into the deposits, causing the sulfur to liquefy. The liquefied or molten sulfur is then removed by pumping air down into the deposits, causing it to rise to the surface. Once on the surface the molten sulfur once again solidifies. The Frasch process produces sulfur of very high purity of 99%.
This process is used when naturally occurring large deposits of elemental sulfur are found. However, most of the Earth’s sulfur is found in underground deposits “tied up” as rocks, common minerals and salts or buried deep in the ocean in oceanic sediments.
