General Information
| Symbol: | S |
| Atomic Number: | 16 |
| Atomic Weight: (Atomic Mass, Molar Mass) | 32.065 |
| Group: | 16 (oxygen family) |
| VIB (Old IUPAC), VIA (CAS) |
| Period: | 3 |
| Block: | p |
Physical Properties
| Density: | 2.07 g/cm3 |
| Atomic Volume: | 15.5 cm2/mole |
| Atomic Radius: | 1.27 angstroms |
| Covalent Radius: | 102 pm |
| Radioactive: | No |
States
| Melting Point: | 112.8 °C |
| Boiling Point: | 444.7 °C |
| Heat Of Fusion: | 1.73 kJ/mole |
| Heat Of Vaporization: | 10.0 kJ/mole |
Energy
| Electronegativity: | 2.6 (Pauling Scale) |
| Electron Affinity: | -200 kJ/mol |
| 1st Ionization Energy: | 1005 kJ/mol |
| Specific Heat Capacity: | 0.71 J g−1 K−1 |
| Thermal Conductivity: | 0.269 W·m−1·K−1 |
Electrons & Oxidation
| Oxidation States: | -2 |
| Electrons Per Shell: | 2 8 6 |
| Electron Configuration: | [Ne] 3s2 3p4 |
| 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p4 |
| 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p4 |
History
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| Word Origin: | From the Sanskrit word "sulvere" meaning "sulphur"; also from the Latin word "sulphurium" meaning "sulphur" |
Translations
| English | Sulphur |
| Deutsch | Schwefel |
| Lëtzebuergesch | Schwiewel |
| Nederlands | Zwavel |
| Afrikaans | Swael |
| Frysk | Swevel |
| Dansk | Svovl |
| Svenska | Svavel |
| Norsk | Svovel |
| Íslenska | Brennisteinn |
| Føroysk | Svávul or Brennisteinur |
| Latin | Sulphurium |
| Français | Soufre |
| Español | Azufre |
| Catalana | Sofre |
| Occitana | Sofre |
| Português | Enxofre |
| Galego | Xofre |
| Italiano | Zolfo |
| Furlan | Solfar |
| Român | Sulf |
| Moldavian | Sulf |
| Armãneashte | Sulfure |
| Русский | Сера |
| Українска | Сірка |
| by | Сера |
| Polska | Siarka |
| Kaszëbsczi | Sarka |
| Čech | Síra |
| Slovenský | Síra |
| Slovenščina | Žveplo |
| Hrvatska | Sumpor |
| Српски | Сумпор |
| Bosnian | Sumpor |
| Македонски | Сулфур |
| Български | Сяра |
| Lietuviškai | Siera |
| Lao | Sērs |
| Sudovian | Sierā |
| Cymraeg | Sylffwr |
| Gaeilge na hÉireann | Sulfar (lit. also: Grumastal, Grunnastal, Ruibh) |
| Gàidhlig na h | Sulfar |
| Gaelg Vanninagh | Sulfur |
| Cornish | Sulfor |
| Brezhoneg | Sulfur or Soufr |
| Ελληνική | Θειο |
| Shqip | Sulfur |
| Ossetian | Сондон |
| Euskera | Sufrea |
| Georgian | გოგირდი |
| Suomi | Rikki |
| Eesti | Väävel |
| Magyar | Kén |
| Türkçe | Kükürt |
| Kazakh | Күкірт |
| Uzbek | Олтингугурт |
| Tajik | Sulfur |
| Mongolian | Хүхэр |
| 日本語 | 硫黄 [iou] |
| 中国话 | 硫 |
| ไทย | กำมะถัน |
| Vietnamese | Lưu huỳnh |
| Bahasa Melayu | Sulfur, Belerang |
| العربيه | كبريت |
| Il-Malti | Kubrit |
| עברית | גופרית |
| Esperanto | Sulfuro |
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Misspellings: aulfur, zulfur, xulfur, dulfur, eulfur, wulfur, sylfur, shlfur, sjlfur, silfur, s8lfur, s7lfur, sukfur, supfur, suofur, suldur, sulcur, sulvur, sulgur, sultur, sulrur, sulfyr, sulfhr, sulfjr, sulfir, sulf8r, sulf7r, sulfue, sulfud, sulfuf, sulfut, sulfu5, sulfu4, ulfur, slfur, sufur, sulur, sulfr, sulfu, uslfur, slufur, suflur, sulufr, sulfru, ssulfur, suulfur, sullfur, sulffur, sulfuur, sulfurr
