{"id":97900,"date":"2026-04-12T12:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=97900"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:58:12","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;\">The West Asia conflict disrupts supply chains, deeper shocks emerge and Sulphur may not grab headlines like oil, but it quietly powers industry and agriculture.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sulphur<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sulphur (identified by the letter S) is a <\/span><b>non-metallic chemical element<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>occurs 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<li><b>Properties<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its pure form, sulfur is a tasteless, odorless, brittle <\/span><b>solid with a pale yellow color<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a <\/span><b>poor conductor of electricity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that doesn&#8217;t dissolve in water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>combines directly with almost all the<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> elements with the exception of gold, platinum and the noble gases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>In India it is mainly found in Puga Valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jammu &amp; Kashmir), Barren Island of Bay of Bengal, Andhra Pradesh Kerala and Himachal Pradesh<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Uses of Sulphur<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sulphur is an essential raw material for many chemical industries and is essentially used for the <\/span><b>production of sulphuric acid.<\/b>\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 i<\/span><b>n ore processing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, fertilizer 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\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The powdered form of sulphur produced by sublimation process is generally used in rubber vulcanisation, <\/span><b>agricultural dusts, pharmaceutical products and stock feeds.<\/b><\/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 <\/span><b>\u201csulphur lamps\u201d.<\/b><\/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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/upsc-current-affairs\/upsc-essentials\/knowledge-nugget-sulphur-use-distribution-iran-war-upsc-10623952\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sulphur (S) is a non-metal found in pure form and as sulphate or sulphide minerals, naturally abundant in Earth\u2019s crust. 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