sulfur
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Summary
sulfur is a chemical element[1]. sulfur draws 21,657 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #19 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Antoine Lavoisier[3]
- Instance of: chalcophile element[4]
- Canonical SMILES: [S][5]
- Element symbol: S[6]
- Chemical formula: S[7]
- Subclass of: polyatomic nonmetal[8], group 16[9], p-block[10]
- Part of: period 3[11], group 16[12], nonmetal[13]
- Has use: ecological crop protection[14]
- Commons category: Sulfur[15]
- Unicode character: 硫[16]
- Crystal system: orthorhombic crystal system[17]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1777[18]
- Point group: orthorhombic-bipyramidal[19]
- Space group: space group Fddd[20]
- Found in taxon: Ceratophyllum demersum[21], Clathria pyramida[22], Lyngbya majuscula[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sulfur[24]
- Commons gallery: Sulfur[25]
- Atomic number: 16[26]
- Mohs' hardness: 2.0[27]
- Electronegativity: 2.58[28]
- Oxidation state: -2[29], -1[30], 1[31], 2[32], 3[33], 4[34], 5[35], 6[36], 0[37]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[38], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[43]
- Has characteristic: diamagnetism[44]
- Different from: Q20674464[45], Kebrit[46]
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Influence
Things named for sulfur include Iwo Jima[47], a volcanic island[48], in Japan[49]; Iōjima[50], a ōaza[51], in Japan[52]; Iōtorishima[53], a volcanic island[54], in Japan[55]; Sulphur[56], a city in the United States[57], in United States[58], founded in 1882[59]; Mount Io[60], a mountain[61], in Japan[62]; sulflower[63], a type of chemical entity[64]; Mount Iwao[65], a mountain[66], in Japan[67]; and xanthiosite[68], a mineral species[69].
Why It Matters
sulfur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] sulfur is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]
Entities named for sulfur include Iwo Jima[47], a volcanic island[48], in Japan[49]; Iōjima[50], a ōaza[51], in Japan[52]; Iōtorishima[53], a volcanic island[54], in Japan[55]; Sulphur[56], a city in the United States[57], in United States[58], founded in 1882[59]; Mount Io[60], a mountain[61], in Japan[62]; and sulflower[63], a type of chemical entity[64].