Elements / 16
16S32.06
Sulfur
Reactive nonmetal · p-block · ring M · spoke 16
Sulfur is element 16, a reactive nonmetal. It sits on ring M (period 3) on spoke 16, the chalcogens. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 2.07 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 388 K · 115 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 718 K · 445 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 2.589th most electronegative of 100 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 1,000 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 32.06 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 350 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | Known since antiquity | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- Jupiter's volcanic moon Io owes its distinctive colours to molten, solid and gaseous forms of it.
- The Bible's 'burning stone': a bright-yellow, odourless solid, in gunpowder; one of its compounds makes rotten eggs stink.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 16: Chalcogens
Ring M (period 3)
Play with Sulfur
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.