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Did You Know?
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- Sulphur is the 16th most abundant element in nature. It is found in the earth’s crust, in the ocean and even in meteorites.
- 55 percent of sulphur is used in the production of Fertilizer. 45 percent is used in producing commercial products.
- Sulphur is found in foods – onions, eggs, cauliflower, soybean flour.
- Sulphur is found in humans, chickens, and sheep.
- Sulphur is used in matches and fireworks because it burns easily. Its ancient name "brimstone" means "the stone that burns".
- In 1839, Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped a mixture of rubber and sulphur into a fire. Goodyear called his rubber materials "vulcanized" after Vulcan the Roman god of fire.
- In the 1800s, mothers in Britain often gave their children a spoonful of sulphur and molasses as a spring tonic. Today, Sulfa drugs fight the bacteria that causes meningitis. Sulphur ointments treat skin infections.
- Sulphur dates back thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians made paints with it and bleached their linens with it (as SO2). Early Chinese first used it to make gunpowder. Ancient Greeks used it as a disinfectant and medicine.
- Pure sulphur known as elemental sulphur is odourless.
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