Does anyone know where to find sulfur? I live in Norway so and can't find it anywhere. I have tried gardening stores and about every store that sells
fertilizers. I don't need it very pure. Dr.Bob - 28-3-2016 at 05:45
Many drug stores used to sell it as flowers of sulfur in the US, not sure in Norway, but it is not hard to find it here. Or try Ebay, or some of the
european people selling materials on this website or similar ones. I have seen people selling 50 pound sacks of it.100PercentChemistry - 28-3-2016 at 05:58
They sell it here as a fertalizer but it's impure (u.s.a)
[Edited on 28-3-2016 by 100PercentChemistry]Daffodile - 28-3-2016 at 06:10
I live in Vancouver, so we just have a big pile ready for the taking. (If you've been to Vancouver you'd know what I'm talking about)JJay - 28-3-2016 at 07:59
I used to see it in drugstores all the time but couldn't find any when asking around, so I just bought some online.XeonTheMGPony - 28-3-2016 at 08:24
I live in Vancouver, so we just have a big pile ready for the taking. (If you've been to Vancouver you'd know what I'm talking about)
I Miss seeing the great pile of sulfur, it is like a land mark/monument, had a few sacks from the cast off on the train tracks.arkoma - 28-3-2016 at 08:49
I bought some "snake eyes" brand "wettable dusting sulfur" and RUINED a beaker trying to sublime it. It seems to make wonderful black powder but I'd
really like to purify it. Anyone have suggestions?JJay - 28-3-2016 at 09:08
I think you can recrystalize it from toluene. I have never tried this.aga - 28-3-2016 at 09:11
Works great, although not much sulphur dissolves.
Very fast process.
Much prettier as teensy-weensy crystals than 'flowers'.
[Edited on 28-3-2016 by aga]j_sum1 - 28-3-2016 at 13:47
Recrystallise from xylene works better.
Easy to purify.aga - 28-3-2016 at 14:03
all same-same
(toluene versus xylenes)
[Edited on 28-3-2016 by aga]j_sum1 - 28-3-2016 at 15:01
I haven't done a direct comparison, but diddi informs me that sulfur has roughly double the solubility in xylene compared to toluene.
(And yes, I know there are some isomers there. IIRC my OTC xylene is around 80% ortho.)
