Liquid Sulphur Crystallization

Rapid solidification of molten sulphur.
Very beautiful!

Everything is in real-time

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Science & Technology

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• Sulfur
• S8
• freezing
• melting
• hot
• liquid
• crystals
• chemistry
• Tchaikovsky
• nutcracker
• crystal
• uberownager

[fcguy7]

I've melted elemental sulphur before and it was blood red ... why is your not the same color? To me it appears to be a solution and we are watching the crystallization of sulphur out of that solution.

[Uberownager]

@fcguy7 Suplhur changes to a red color, upon excessive heating above the melting point, e.g. when the sulphur is burning. This is caused by a change of crystal structure

[533ren335]

wouldn't extreme pressure build on the test tube?

[Uberownager]

@533ren335 It is not sealed ;)

[69iron69]

So was it super cooled? Is the video in real time?

[Uberownager]

@69iron69 Read the description before asking. It's just hot sulfur solidifying naturally

[trx636]

Ah, pretty wonderful.

[Morivar]

Very nice demonstration mate :)

[Uberownager]

@snogonesix It's a excellent question. This is molten sulphur cooling yes. In/at a volcano you will however not find pure elemental sulphur like this, since it is too unstable, especially at volcano temperatures. You will however find large quantities of sulphur dioxide gas (SO2) which is responsible for the smell people usually connect with sulphur. Iron sulphides (FeS2) and many other sulphurous minerals will probably be present aswell

[TheChemistLab]

EPIC :D

[PauldChemist]

=')

[lexichronicle2]

Really nice!

There are only three common things, to my knowledge, that expand when they solidify. Water, antimony and bismuth.

[ricko2001]

Any ideas on how to produce large crstals? (besides digging them up from the ground)

How about evaporation of a carbon disulfide solution of sulfur?

[OrbiliusVinnicus]

Mother Nature creates best pieces of art.

[toothpick93]

how do you get the solid piece out with out braking the glass

[xxeminemwhip]

nice man two thums up =]