{"id":97900,"date":"2026-09-21T12:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=97900"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:24:12","slug":"sulphur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sulphur\/","title":{"rendered":"Sulphur"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sulphur Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soaring prices of sulphur which is again linked to the escalating West Asia and Russia-Ukraine conflicts \u2013 is impacting the availability of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), single super phosphate (SSP) and other major complex fertilisers in India.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sulphur<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sulphur (identified by the letter S) is a <\/span><b>non-metallic chemical element.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Occurrence:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It can be found as a pure element or as <\/span><b>sulphate or sulphide minerals.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It occurs <\/span><b>naturally in the environment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is believed to be the thirteenth most abundant element in the earth\u2019s crust.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Properties of Sulphur<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its pure form, <\/span><b>sulfur is a tasteless, odorless, brittle solid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a pale yellow color.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a <\/span><b>poor conductor of electricity that<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> doesn\u2019t dissolve in water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>combines directly with almost all the elements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the exception of gold, platinum and the noble gases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In India it is <\/span><b>mainly found in Puga Valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jammu &amp; Kashmir), Barren Island of Bay of Bengal, <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh Kerala and Himachal Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Uses of Sulphur<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Chemical Industries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Sulphur is an essential raw material for many chemical industries and is essentially used for the production of sulphuric acid.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sulphuric acid is a strong mineral acid which is used in <\/span><b>ore processing, fertilizer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manufacturing, oil refining, waste water processing and chemical synthesis.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Other Industries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The powdered form of sulphur produced by sublimation process is generally used in <\/span><b>rubber vulcanisation, agricultural dusts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pharmaceutical products and stock feeds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sulphur is used as a <\/span><b>light-generating medium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the rare lighting fixtures known as \u201csulphur lamps\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sulphur compounds are also used in <\/span><b>detergents, fungicides, dyestuffs and agrichemicals.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/business\/energy-infrastructure-russia-west-asia-india-fertilizer-sulphur-10886515\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sulphur can be found as a pure element or as sulphate or sulphide minerals. 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