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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Sulfur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Sulfur is also used in batteries, detergents, the vulcanization of rubber, fungicides, and in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers. |
 | | Sulfur is absorbed by plants from soil as the sulfate ion. |
 | | Sulfur mined in Alberta, prepared for shipment at Vancouver, B. Common naturally-occurring sulfur compounds include the metal sulfides, such as pyrite (iron sulfide), cinnabar (mercury sulfide), Galena (lead sulfide), sphalerite (zinc sulfide) and stibnite (antimony sulfide); and the metal sulfates, such as gypsum (calcium sulfate), alunite (potassium aluminium sulfate), and barite (barium sulfate). |
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