Sulfur (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphur (Commonwealth spelling) [9] is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic.

Dec 19, 2025 · chemical element Quick Summary Ask the Chatbot Also known as: S, brimstone, sulphur

Element Sulfur (S), Group 16, Atomic Number 16, p-block, Mass 32.06. Sources, facts, uses, scarcity (SRI), podcasts, alchemical symbols, videos and images.

Sulphur occurs naturally in the environment and is the thirteenth most abundant element in the earth's crust. It can be mined in its elemental form, though this production has reduced significantly in recent …

The spelling sulfur predominates in U.S. technical usage, while both sulfur and sulphur are common in general usage. British usage tends to favor sulphur for all applications.

The major derivative of sulphur is sulphuric acid (H2SO4), one of the most important elements used as an industrial raw material. Sulphur is also used in batteries, detergents, fungicides, manufacture of …

History Known to the ancients; referred to in Genesis as brimstone. Sources Sulfur is found in meteorites. R.W. Wood suggests that the dark area near the crater Aristarchus is a sulfur deposit. …

Sulphur is a pale yellow substance that produces a strong unpleasant smell when it burns and is used in medicine and industry. The spelling sulfur has been adopted by the International Union of Pure and …

Sulphur is found in meteorites, volcanoes, hot springs, and as galena, gypsum, Epsom salts, and barite. It is recovered commercially from "salt domes" along the Gulf Coast of the USA.

Smaller amounts of sulfur are used to vulcanize natural rubbers, as an insecticide (the Greek poet Homer mentioned "pest-averting sulphur" nearly 2,800 years ago!), in the manufacture of gunpowder …