Question

What is sulphur?
# It's symbol?
# It's uses?
# Who discovered it?
And is it harmful?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi friend,
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#Sulphur(S) is Non metal
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# A French chemist named Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier  discovered Sulphur
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#Atomic no. 16
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#Electronic configuration-$1s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2p^{6} 3s ^{2} 3p ^{4}$
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#Oxidation state= -2,+2,+4,+6
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#uses:- 1)chemical industry
             2) fertilizer industries
             3) drugs
             4)dyes,paints 
             5) petrol refining
             6) pickling
             7) In lead storage batteries it is used as electrolyte
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# It is harmful it can cause acid rain Because it is main constituent of acid rain
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Answer 2

Sulphur is a pale yellow chemical element that is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic and exists in various physical forms.

Atomic mass:-

32.065 u ± 0.005 u

Atomic number:-

16

Electron configuration:-

[Ne] 3s²3p⁴

Symbol:-

S

It is used:-

i) In the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers.

ii) In the treatment of certain skin diseases.

iii) As a fungicide, insecticide, and fumigant.

iv) In black gunpowder, matches, and fireworks.

v) In the vulcanization of rubber.

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier discovered it.

Yes it is harmful because it angers the nose, throat and airways to cause coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath or a tight feeling around the chest.