Sulfur (Sulphur)

Sulfur is one of the most important agricultural and industrial raw materials and is considered a strategic product  and elemental sulphur is obtained as a co-product recovered from oil and gas production in sweetening process. The greatest commercial use of the element is the production of sulfuric acid for sulfate and phosphate fertilizers, and other chemical processes. Sulphur is the primary source in the production of sulphuric acid, the world’s most widely used chemical. Sulfur reacts directly with methane to give carbon disulfide, used to manufacture cellophane and rayon. One of the direct uses of sulfur is in vulcanization of rubber, where polysulfide chains crosslink organic polymers.