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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