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Sulfur

CAS Number: 7704-34-9

Basic Information

The chemical structure of Sulfur Synonym(s): Bensulfoid; Bonide Sulfur Plant Fungicide; Brimstone; Clifton Sulfur; Colloidal-S; Colloidal sulfur; Collokit; Colsul; Corosal D and S; Cosan; COSAN 80; Crystex; Elosal; Flowers of sulfur
Formula: S8
 Molecular Weight: 256.48
 Boiling Point (°C): 444.6
 Melting Point (°C): 114
 Contaminant Type: Sulfur is a contaminant with other or multiple types of use.
Notes: It can be used as a fungicide as well as as an insecticide. Yellow crystals, powder or solid. It is a flammable solid. It rapidly reduces when mixed with zinc metal and ignited

Toxicity Effects

  • Organism Type: Mammals g
    Common Name: Rat
     Scientific Name: Muridae (Family)
     Toxicity: >5000 mg/kg
     Test: LD50
     Formulation: Kumulus
  • Organism Type: Mammals c
    Common Name: Rat
     Scientific Name: Muridae (Family)
     Toxicity: 5587 mg/kg
     Test: LD50
     Formulation: Dusting Sulfur

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Potential applications of this contaminant in the St. Johns Water River Management District

Work Cited

c C&P Press. 2002. EPR Professional Annual CD. Crop Protection Reference. Chemical and Pharmacuetical Press, Inc., New York, NY.
g Meister, R. T., and C. Sine (Ed). 2003. Crop Protection Handbook, volume 89. Meister Publishing Company, Willoughby, OH.