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High School Chemistry

Heating sulfur
or sulphur

Safety
Heating sulfur should always be carried out in a fume cupboard.It burns very easily with a pale blue flame producing toxic sulfur dioxide.Sulfur dioxide is a toxic gas which should not be breathed in.

Experiment
What happens when you heat solid sulfur in a crucible using a Bunsen burner?

Does it melt?

Does it have a low melting point or a high melting point?

Research a value for the melting point of sulfur

What does the melting point of sulfur tell us about its structure? Is it formed from a giant structure or a small molecule structure?

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