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sulfur: Media
chemical element
Videos
Explore boiling pots of molten sulfur at Nikko volcano near the Mariana Islands
Boiling pots of molten sulfur on the slope of the Nikko volcano near the Mariana...
Explore the undersea molten sulfur deposit uncovered with a remotely operated vehicle near the Mariana Islands.
One arm of the Jason remotely operated vehicle breaking through the thin crust on...
Learn how Poland's rich mineral resources sulfur and bituminous coal are mined
Sulfur and coal mining in Poland.
Images
sulfur crystals
Rhombic sulfur crystals from Sicily (greatly enlarged).
Courtesy of the Illinois State Museum; photograph, John H. Gerard/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Greek fire
The crew of a Byzantine dromon, a type of light galley, spraying an enemy ship with...
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allotropy
Orthorhombic sulfur has a ring of eight sulfur atoms at each lattice point. Rhombohedral...
Stinkdamp
Sulfur deposits on rocks, caused by volcanic gases in Nea Kameni, Santorini, Greece.
Stan Zurek
pyrite
Schematic representation of the structure of pyrite (FeS2) as based on...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Interactives
Explore an interactive periodic table of the elements
Periodic table of the elements.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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