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Sulphur
Sulphur city (1990 pop. 20,125), Calcasieu parish, SW La.; inc. 1914. It is a trade center for an area producing natural gas, oil, and timber as well as sorghum, soybeans, cattle, and crawfish. Industry centers chiefly around petroleum products, chemicals, and related enterprises. Engines, concrete... Read more
White Sulphur Springs
White Sulphur Springs town (1990 pop. 2,779), Greenbrier co., SE W.Va., in the Allegheny Mts. near the Virginia border; settled c.1750. A mineral springs health resort since early 1800s, it is the site of The Greenbrier, a historic hotel whose grounds conceal a formerly secret two-story underground... Read more
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima , officially Iwo To , volcanic island, c.8 sq mi (21 sq km), W Pacific, largest and most important of the Volcano Islands . Mt. Suribachi, 546 ft (166 m) high, on the south side of the island, is an extinct volcano. The main industries were formerly sulfur mining and sugar refining, but... Read more
blue whale
blue whale a baleen whale , Balaenoptera musculus. Also called the sulphur-bottom whale and Sibbald's rorqual, it is the largest animal that has ever lived. Blue whales have been known to reach a length of 100 ft (30.5 m) and to weigh as much as 120 tons; average length is about 75 ft (23 m). Th... Read more
mineral water
mineral water spring water containing various mineral salts, especially the carbonates, chlorides, phosphates, silicates, sulfides, and sulfates of calcium, iron, lithium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and other metals. Various gases may also be present, e.g., carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitr... Read more
Baluchistan
Baluchistan , province (1998 pop. 6,511,358), c.134,000 sq mi (347,000 sq km), Pakistan. The country's largest and least populous province, it is bounded by Iran on the west, by Afghanistan on the north, and by the Makran coast of the Arabian Sea on the south. The larger historical region of Baluchi... Read more
sulfur
sulfur or sulphur , nonmetallic chemical element; symbol S; at. no. 16; at. wt. 32.06; m.p. 112.8°C (rhombic), 119.0°C (monoclinic), about 120°C (amorphous); b.p. 444.674°C; sp. gr. at 20°C, 2.07 (rhombic), 1.957 (monoclinic), 1.92 (amorphous); valence -2, +4, or +6. Sulfur w... Read more
West Virginia
West Virginia E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. (2000) 1,808,344, a 0.8% increase over 1980 pop. Capital ... Read more
Texas
Texas , largest state in the coterminous United States. It is located in the S Central part of the country and is bounded by Oklahoma, across the Red R. except in the Texas panhandle (N); Arkansas (NE); Louisiana, across the Sabine R. (E); the Gulf of Mexico (SE); Mexico, across the Rio Grande R. (S... Read more

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sulphur
Book article from: World Encyclopedia sulphur (symbol S ) Nonmetallic element in group VI of the periodic table, known...minerals such as gypsum . The main commercial source is native (free) sulphur, extracted by the Frasch process. It is used in the vulcanization of rubber...
Sulphur Island
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sulphur Island see Iwo Jima .
sulphur-bottom whale
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition sulphur-bottom whale see blue whale .
Sulphur
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sulphur city (1990 pop. 20,125), Calcasieu parish, SW La.; inc. 1914. It is a trade center for an area producing natural gas...
Sulphur Springs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sulphur Springs city (1990 pop. 14,062), seat of Hopkins co., NE Tex., in a farm area; inc. 1859. Vegetables, wheat, rice...
White Sulphur Springs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition White Sulphur Springs town (1990 pop. 2,779), Greenbrier co., SE W.Va., in the Allegheny Mts. near the Virginia border; settled...
sulphide minerals
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth sulphide minerals Minerals in which sulphur is combined with one or more metallic...Pyrite, FeS 2 , a compound of iron and sulphur, is one of the most common sulphides...Sulphides in which two metals combine with sulphur are also common and two of these minerals...
ore minerals
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...which one or more metals combine with sulphur. Simple sulphide minerals are formed when a single metal combines with sulphur. For example, sphalerite and galena...minerals in which two metals combine with sulphur are also common ore minerals. Chalcopyrite...
bacterial isotopic fractionation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...8 neutrons) also occur. Similarly, sulphur exists mainly in the form of 32 S, although...biological reactions involving carbon, sulphur, and other elements discriminate against...and heating. The global distribution of sulphur isotopes also makes it possible to discriminate...
acid rain
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...particularly those containing oxides of nitrogen, sulphur, and chlorine, serves to increase the acidity. In...the formation of acid rain are oxides of nitrogen and sulphur. Sulphur is present in fossil fuels and is liberated by their...

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sulphur cycle
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology sulphur cycle The cycling of sulphur between the biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components of the environment (see biogeochemical cycle ). Most of the sulphur in the abiotic environment is found in rocks, although a small...
sulphur bacteria
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology sulphur bacteria Any of various groups of unrelated bacteria that utilize sulphur, sulphide, or sulphate in their metabolism. The anaerobic photoautotrophic green sulphur bacteria and purple sulphur bacteria can use hydrogen...
sulphur dioxide
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology sulphur dioxide ( sulphur(IV) oxide ) A colourless liquid or pungent gas, SO 2 , formed by sulphur burning in air. Sulphur dioxide is produced by burning fossil fuels in power stations; it dissolves in water to give a mixture of sulphuric...
sulphur
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology sulphur, U.S. sulfur greenish-yellow nonmetallic...sulphat/sulphite . sulphureous pert. to sulphur XVI; †hellish, satanic XVII...sulphuretted combined chemically with sulphur. XIX. f. sulphuret- modL. sulphuretum...
sulphur fungus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences sulphur fungus ( sulphur polypore ) The common name for the fruit bodies of Laetiporus sulphureus...upper surface is irregular, suede-like, and initially a bright sulphur-yellow or orange-yellow, later fading to a dull whitish colour...
sulphur-reducing organism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences sulphur-reducing organism (domains Archaea and Bacteria ) The phenotype that utilizes sulphur-containing compounds, rather than oxygen, in its respiratory pathways, often releasing hydrogen sulphide. Both archaebacteria and bacteria include sulphur-reducing phenotypes.
sulphur polypore
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences sulphur polypore See SULPHUR FUNGUS .
sulphur, native
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences sulphur, native Non-metallic element, S; sp. gr. 2.0; hardness 2.0...bedded sedimentary deposits associated with gypsum and salt domes . Most sulphur is now obtained as a by-product of oil-refining, since it is a common...
sulphur tuft
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences sulphur tuft The common name for the dense clusters of fruit bodies of Hypholoma fasciculare , in which the cap is convex, 2–...
sulphur bridge
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology sulphur bridge See disulphide bridge .

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butterfly
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...roadside skipper satyr scallopwing scrub hairstreak shoemaker silverdrop silverspot skipper skipperling soldier sootywing sulfur/sulphur swallowtail tortoiseshell viceroy white white admiral wood nymph yellow zebra See also table at moth.

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Sulphur saver: molecular sieves may be the answer to significant reduction in car and aircraft sulphur emissions.(News)
Magazine article from: The Engineer; 7/11/2003; ; 687 words ; SULPHUR EMISSIONS from cars and aircraft could...that they claim will significantly reduce sulphur levels in petrol, diesel and aircraft...expensive silver ions, bond strongly with sulphur compounds when added to fuel during the...
Sulphur is the key.(ammonium sulphate as fertilizer)
Magazine article from: Nitrogen & Methanol; 7/1/1999; 700+ words ; ...the developed world. However, growing sulphur deficiencies in fields have led to a revival...injected into the mixture of nitrogen and sulphur oxide radicals thus formed, and a mixture...tail gas. The process even works for sulphur trioxide (S[O.sub.3]), which...
Sulphur challenge: unless airlines, the aerospace industry and oil companies act now to reduce the sulphur in jet fuel, legislation could be imposed--with painful consequences George Coupe explains.(Preview)
Magazine article from: The Engineer; 6/25/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...going to do about cutting the amount of sulphur that is currently used in jet fuel, or...technical effort has gone into reducing sulphur in petrol and diesel for cars. The substance...on road fuel will limit the amount of sulphur in all petrol and diesel to 10mg in every...
Rich Coast Sulphur denies rumors about its stock.
PR Newswire; 7/22/1988; 700+ words ; RICH COAST SULPHUR DENIES RUMORS ABOUT ITS STOCK VANCOUVER...July 21 /PRNewswire/--Rich Coast Sulphur Ltd. (RCS) management and board of...deny recent rumors linking Rich Coast Sulphur and its common stock to any illegal and...
Prospect of Sulphur Demand and Supply in China
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 4/10/1995; 700+ words ; ...equivalent to 4.6 million tons of sulphur. Besides, the total demand for sulphuric...equivalent to 2.0 million tons of sulphur. Generally, at the end of this century...equivalent to 6.6 million tons of elemental sulphur or 2.20 million tons of sulphur over...
FREEPORT-McMoRan SULPHUR INC. REPORTS THIRD-QUARTER AND NINE-MONTHS 1998 RESULTS.
Business Wire; 10/20/1998; 700+ words ; ...1998-- HIGHLIGHTS -- Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc.'s (NYSE: FSC) third-quarter 1998 sulphur sales totaled 782,000 long tons, including...of mine production and sales of purchased sulphur. -- Main Pass oil production averaged...
Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc. Reports Second-quarter and Six-months 1998 Results.
Business Wire; 7/21/1998; 700+ words ; ...1998-- HIGHLIGHTS -- Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc. (NYSE:FSC) announced planned shutdown of the Culberson County, Texas sulphur mine facility. -- FSC second-quarter 1998 sulphur sales totaled 844,200 long tons, including...
Sorting out sulphur.
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News; 2/1/2004; 700+ words ; ...Finding a home for vast amounts of excess sulphur recovered from petroleum and natural gas...ground are spurring production of high-sulphur-content grades. As processing plants remove the extra sulphur, the stuff is piling up all over the...
By-product risks oversupply; sulphur production could double over the next decade as commercial development of sour gas increases.(SULPHUR)(Statistical data)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 3/30/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...always been a historical fascination with sulphur. In Ancient Greece, it was considered...Middle East's hydrocarbons goliaths, sulphur is taking up a new role as a by-product...find a home. The supply of elemental sulphur--mined or recovered from oil and gas...
ENVIRONMENT: REFINERIES STABILISE SULPHUR EMISSIONS, SAYS CONCAWE.
Newspaper article from: Europe Energy; 10/16/1998; 700+ words ; ...Community level have led to a reduction in the sulphur produced, through improved practices...safety (Concawe), in its report on sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from refineries...throughput, provided comprehensive data on sulphur in crude oil, petroleum products and...