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Meanings of sulphur in English

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An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)

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        Usage of sulphur in English
        1
        It is so; there was sulphur in the very wood we burned.
        Back to God's Country and Other Stories
        2
        The sulphur aerosols are actually preventing some warming from taking place currently.
        The Guardian
        3
        This was, of course, due to the sulphur in the gas fumes.
        The Enemies of Books
        4
        The five taken to hospital were thought to have inhaled sulphur dioxide.
        Radio NZ
        5
        One prime suspect from many studies is a sulphur compound called methanethiol.
        BBC
        6
        Gunpowder was also made with saltpetre and sulphur found in the country.
        In the Forbidden Land / An account of a journey in Tibet, captur...
        7
        For it is the sulphur and phosphorus that make the iron brittle.
        The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ...
        8
        In the absence of ferric salts, phosphates and arsenates count as sulphur.
        A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Min...
        9
        The sulphur is moistened with alcohol before it is set on fire.
        The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4) / A Personal Guide to the ...
        10
        The wine is tainted with sulphur in its odorous union with hydrogen.
        To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I
        11
        In the immediate neighbourhood of Pozzuoli is Solfatara, where sulphur is found.
        The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela
        12
        The odor of sulphur may be overcome by the use of perfume.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
        13
        Of course the raison d'etre of being here is the sulphur spring.
        Their Pilgrimage
        14
        Mr. Stakman: I used this year lime-sulphur and black leaf 40 together.
        Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
        15
        The fuse, a long cord saturated in sulphur, was merely a blind.
        The Poisoned Pen
        16
        The old puddling process was more capable of removing phosphorus and sulphur.
        The Harris-Ingram Experiment
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