Sulfur - ASCII Periodic Table of the Elements

ASCII PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS

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Relative atomic mass: 32.065 +- 0.005

English: Sulfur
French: Soufre
Croatian: Sumpor
German: Schwefel
Italian: Zolfo
Spanish: Azufre

Atomic number: 16
Group numbers: 16
Period: 3
Standard state (20 ^oC): solid

Discovery: - -

Sulfur has been known since ancient times. The origin of the name comes from the Sanskrit word sulvere meaning sulfur; also from the Latin word sulphurium meaning sulfur. It is a pale yellow, odourless, brittle solid, which is insoluble in water but soluble in carbon disulfide. Sulfur is found in pure form and in ores like cinnabar, galena, sphalerite and stibnite. Pure form is obtained from underground deposits by the Frasch process. Sulfur is used in matches, gunpowder, medicines, rubber and pesticides, dyes and insecticides, and for making sulfuric acid (H2SO4). The price of 99.5 % pure sulfur powder is 23.60 € for 500 g.

Electronic configuration: [Ne] 3s² 3p⁴
Formal oxidation number: -2 +4 +6
Atomic radius: 103.5 pm

Electronegativities: 2.58
Thermal conductivity: 0.269 W/(m K)
Electrical resistivity (20 ^oC): 2E+23 microOhm cm

Melting point: 115.21 ^oC
Boiling point: 444.60 ^oC

Heat of fusion: 1.7175 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization: 9.62 kJ/mol
Heat of atomization: 276.6 kJ/mol