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  • Qustion about sulfur powder

    Posted by Martin on February 13, 2023 at 7:51 am

    I’m trying to make a 5% sulfur ointment. I have some sulfur powder, but I don’t know if it’s precipitated or sublimed sulfur. How can I tell the difference if I have nothing to compare? The powder is really fine, light yellow color, no real bad smell. Precipitated sulfur should be more fine, but the powder I have is not gritty, I think. I could order some sulfur powder that had precipitated sulfur in the description, but if I could find a way to find out if my sulfur is one or another form I would prefer that.

    Martin replied 1 year, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • bill_toge

    Member
    February 17, 2023 at 6:02 pm

    sublimed sulphur is usually finer and purer than precipitated

    • Martin

      Member
      February 19, 2023 at 3:55 pm

      Thanks for replying. But I thought that it was the other way around - that it was precipitated sulfur that was finer. I guess there is no way of knowing if this is the only sulfur powder I have seen.

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