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Sulfur: Characters, History & Applications

Sulfur, also spelled as sulphur, is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with the chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature.

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Sulfur topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Sulfur.

Related topics
529
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
537
Extracted relationships
350
Concept neighborhoods
81
Bridge connections
537

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 142 topics
Characteristics · 92 topics
Applications · 70 topics
Compounds · 67 topics
Biological role · 62 topics
History · 61 topics
Precautions · 18 topics
Production · 17 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

32S
94.8%
33S
0.760%
34S
4.37%
35S
trace
36S
0.02%
Allotropes
see Allotropes of sulfur

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Characteristics

Compounds

History

Production

Applications

Biological role

Precautions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Sulfur connects Entity context

The extracted context around Sulfur shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Sulfur → Amino, Atmospheric, Because, Biologically, CaSO4, Elemental, ES, Europe, However, It, Liebig's, Over, S-oxide, SO2, Some, Sulfates, The, This, Under Another extracted example is Sulfur → As, Booker, Due, Earth, Elemental, Eventually, Frasch, In, Indonesia, It, Mining, Once, Sicilian, Sicily, The, Then, Throughout, Washington. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Sulfur

Top relations

related to Fertilizer · 19
Sulfur → Amino, Atmospheric, Because, Biologically, CaSO4, Elemental, ES, Europe, However, It, Liebig's, Over, S-oxide, SO2, Some, Sulfates, The, This, Under
related to Production · 18
Sulfur → As, Booker, Due, Earth, Elemental, Eventually, Frasch, In, Indonesia, It, Mining, Once, Sicilian, Sicily, The, Then, Throughout, Washington
related to Spelling and etymology · 18
Sulfur → Anglo-French, Britain, By, Canada, Classical, English, Greek, Hellenized, Hellenized Latin, In, Latin, Middle English, Nonetheless, The, The Ancient Greek, This, United States, Webster's Dictionary
related to Modern times · 17
Sulfur → Britain, British, By, France, Frasch, French, In, King Ferdinand II, Leblanc, Louisiana, Marseille, Sicily, Sicily's, Sulfur Crisis, Texas, The, United States
related to External links · 16
Sulfur → Ages, Archived, Atomic Data, Chemistry, February, Introduction, ItalySulfur, NIST Physical Measurement LaboratorySulfur, Nottingham, Sulphur InstituteNutrient Stewardship, The Periodic Table, The Sulphur Institute, University, Videos, Vulcano Island, Wayback Machine
related to Further reading · 15
Sulfur → Astrid, Berlin/Boston, Eva, Freisinger, Gruyter, Guest Editors Martha, ISBN, Kroneck, Life, Peter, Roland, Sigel, Sosa Torres, Strong Relationship, Transition Metals
related to Antiquity · 14
Sulfur → According, AD, Anubis, Ebers Papyrus, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptians, Elder, He, Pliny, Ptolemaic, Roman, Romans, There
related to Allotropes · 13
Sulfur → Amorphous, Besides S8, HPLC, Larger, Removing, S12, S18, S6, S7, S8, The, This, X-ray
related to Metalloproteins and inorganic cofactors · 12
Sulfur → Cu, Cu2, DNA, Examples, Fe, In, Metalloproteins, Mo, Most, Other, RNA, The
related to Transferring sulfur between inorganic and biomolecules · 12
Sulfur → Another, Beggiatoa, H2S, In, Primitive, Robert Ballard, Selman Waksman, Sergei Winogradsky, Some, Sulfur-based, They, Winogradsky

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

used century sulfide compounds also elemental many form sulfate use acid bacteria found hydrogen organic common element chemical organosulfur natural

Sulfur relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 350 structured relationships around Sulfur. Examples in this analysis include Sulfur → 32S → 94.8% and Sulfur → 33S → 0.760%. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sulfur32S94.8%1.00infobox
Sulfur33S0.760%1.00infobox
Sulfur34S4.37%1.00infobox
Sulfur35Strace1.00infobox
Sulfur36S0.02%1.00infobox
SulfurAllotropessee Allotropes of sulfur1.00infobox
SulfurAlternative nameSulphur (pre-1992 British spelling)1.00infobox
SulfurAppearanceLemon yellow sintered microcrystals1.00infobox
Sulfurat T (K)3751.00infobox
SulfurAtomic number (Z)161.00infobox
SulfurBlockp-block1.00infobox
SulfurBoiling point717.8 K ​(444.6 °C, ​832.3 °F)1.00infobox
SulfurBulk modulus7.7 GPa1.00infobox
SulfurCAS Number7704-34-91.00infobox
SulfurCovalent radius105±3 pm1.00infobox
SulfurCritical point1314 K, 20.7 MPa1.00infobox
SulfurCrystal structurealpha (α-S8): ​orthorhombic (oF128)1.00infobox
SulfurCrystal structurebeta (β-S8): ​monoclinic (mP48)1.00infobox
SulfurDensity (near r.t.)alpha (α-S8): 2.07 g/cm3 beta (β-S8): 1.96 g/cm3 gamma (γ-S8): 1.92 g/cm31.00infobox
SulfurDiscoverybefore 2000 BCE1.00infobox
SulfurElectrical resistivity2×1015 Ω⋅m (at 20 °C) (amorphous)1.00infobox
SulfurElectron configuration[Ne] 3s2 3p41.00infobox
SulfurElectronegativityPauling scale: 2.581.00infobox
SulfurElectrons per shell2, 8, 61.00infobox
SulfurGroupgroup 16 (chalcogens)1.00infobox
SulfurHeat of fusionbeta (β-S8): 1.727 kJ/mol1.00infobox
SulfurHeat of vaporizationbeta (β-S8): 45 kJ/mol1.00infobox
SulfurIonization energies1st: 999.6 kJ/mol1.00infobox
SulfurIonization energies2nd: 2252 kJ/mol1.00infobox
SulfurIonization energies3rd: 3357 kJ/mol1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Sulfur bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Used, Century and Use. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • chemical element
    • Element
    • Acid
    • Common
    • Oxygen
    • Disulfide
    • Natural
    • Production
    • Organic
    • Sulfate
    • Form
    • Elemental
    • Compounds
  • natural gas
    • Gas
    • Natural
    • Due
    • Hydrogen
    • Organosulfur
    • Sulfide
    • Produced
    • Compounds
    • Water
    • Isotopes
    • Oxygen
    • Plants
  • sulfuric acid
    • Chemical
    • Production
    • Organic
    • Water
    • Use
    • Common
    • Hydrogen
    • Oxygen
    • Cysteine
    • Element
    • Process
    • Sulfate
  • hydrogen sulfide
    • Hydrogen
    • Sulfide
    • Use
    • Bacteria
    • Compounds
    • Natural
    • Sulfate
    • Gas
    • Oxygen
    • Cysteine
    • Organic
    • Organosulfur
  • organosulfur compounds
    • Organosulfur
    • Organic
    • Cysteine
    • Hydrogen
    • Sulfide
    • Disulfide
    • Sulfate
    • Use
    • Many
    • Due
    • Natural
    • Sulfur
  • sulfur isotopes
    • Used
    • Sulfate
    • Century
    • Use
    • Compounds
    • Many
    • Oxygen
    • Early
    • Known
    • Natural
    • Produced
    • Production
  • natural abundances
    • Gas
    • Hydrogen
    • Organosulfur
    • Due
    • Produced
    • Compounds
    • Sulfide
    • Isotopes
    • Oxygen
    • Black
    • Plants
    • Sulfur
  • chlorosulfuric acid
    • Chemical
    • Production
    • Organic
    • Water
    • Use
    • Common
    • Hydrogen
    • Oxygen
    • Cysteine
    • Element
    • Process
    • Sulfate

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Sulfur, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Sulfur with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
SulfurOverview · splits 395 ⟂ 143
SulfurCharacteristics · splits 445 ⟂ 93
SulfurApplications · splits 467 ⟂ 71
SulfurCompounds · splits 470 ⟂ 68
SulfurBiological role · splits 475 ⟂ 63
SulfurHistory · splits 476 ⟂ 62
SulfurPrecautions · splits 519 ⟂ 19
SulfurProduction · splits 520 ⟂ 18

Map overview Semantic statistics

Sulfur

Nodes538
Edges537
Triples350
Avg. degree2
Density0.003717
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Sulfur to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Sulfur · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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