| Element Name | : Sulfur |  |
| Symbol | : S |
| Presence in: |
| 1. 70 kg Person | : 140 g |
| 2. Body | : 0.25 % |
| 3. Earth Crust | : 0.042 % |
| 4. Earth Ocean | : 0.093 % |
| 5. Universe | : 0.05 % |
| Properties: |
| 1. Atomic Number | : 16 |
| 2. Atomic Weight | : 32.065 |
| 3. Group | : 16 |
| 4. Period | : 3 |
| 5. Block | : p |
| 6. Density | : 1.96 g/cm3 |
| 7. Melting Point | : 388.36 K |
| 8. Boiling Point | : 717.8 K |
| 9. Electron Form | : [Ne] 3s2 3p4 |
| 10. State of matter | : Solid |
| 11. Color | : Yellow |
| Other Facts: |
| 1. Area of Presence in Body | : Proteins |
| 2. Existence in type of Foods | : Milk, meat, egg, chicken and legumes. |
| 3. Diseases | : Arthritis, circulatory problems, inflammation, nerve disorders and skin problems |
| 4. Health Uses | : Important for giving proteins their shapes |
| 5. Adult consumption / day | : 800 mg |
| 6. Children consumption / day | : Nil |
| 7. Natural Form | : Volcanoes, barite or barium sulfate, celestite or strontium sulfate,
cinnabar or mercury sulfide, galena or lead sulfide, pyrites or iron
sulfide, sphalerite or zinc sulfide, and stibnite or antimony sulfide. |
| 8. Other Forms | : Nil |
| 9. Source Place | : United States, Canada, China, Russia, Mexico, and Japan |
| 10. Common Uses | : Used in vulcanization. It is the process of adding sulfur to rubber
to make it stiff and hard. Powdered sulfur is also used as insecticide. |
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