Sulfur with carbon

Reaction of carbon with sulfur dioxide was observed by Fischer and Prauschke (131). In my laboratory it was recently found that sulfur is bound by heat-treated carbon blacks and by graphitized carbon black on treatment with hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide, or sulfur dioxide at low temperatures, even at room temperature. The sulfur content cannot be eliminated by outgassing at 100° or by prolonged extraction with various solvents. 

Luminous calcium sulfate is prepared by the ignition of calcium carbonate with sulfur in the presence of small quantities of manganese or bismuth salts. 

Lithium sulfate is prepared by neutralization of lithium hydroxide or hthi-um carbonate with sulfuric acid followed by crystallization ... 

Rubidium sulfate can be prepared by neutralization of a solution of rubidium hydroxide or carbonate with sulfuric acid ... 

The cadmium red pigment intermediate is obtained as a precipitate which is filtered off, washed, and calcined at approx. 600 °C. As with cadmium yellow, calcination yields the red pigment and determines the particle size, particle size distribution, and color shade. Analogously to the cadmium yellow process, cadmium red can be produced by direct reaction of cadmium oxide or cadmium carbonate with sulfur and the required amount of selenium at approx. 600 °C. 

One harmful effect of acid rain is the deterioration of structures and statues made of marble or limestone, both of which are essentially calcium carbonate. The reaction of calcium carbonate with sulfuric acid yields carbon dioxide, water, and calcium sulfate. Because calcium sulfate is marginally soluble in water, part of the object is washed away by the rain. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of sulfuric acid with calcium carbonate. 

Mercury is one of a number of toxic heavy metals that occur in trace amounts in fossil fuels, particularly coal, and are also present in waste materials. During the combustion of fuels or wastes in power plants and utility boilers, these metals can be released to the atmosphere unless remedial action is taken. Emissions from municipal waste incinerators can substantially add to the environmental audit of heavy metals, since domestic and industrial waste often contains many sources of heavy metals. Mercury vapor is particularly difficult to capture from combustion gas streams due to its volatility. Some processes under study for the removal of mercury from flue gas streams are based upon the injection of finely ground activated carbon. The efficiency of mercury sorption depends upon the mercury speciation and the gas temperature. The capture of elemental mercury can be enhanced by impregnating the activated carbon with sulfur, with the formation of less volatile mercuric sulfide [37] this technique has been applied to the removal of mercury from natural gas streams. One of the principal difficulties in removing Hg from flue gas streams is that the extent of adsorption is very low at the temperatures typically encountered, and it is often impractical to consider cooling these large volumes of gas. 

Anhydrous calcium sulfate occurs naturally as the mineral anhydrite. The naturally occurring rock gypsum may be crushed and ground for use as the dihydrate or calcined at 150°C to produce the hemihydrate. A purer variety of calcium sulfate may also be obtained chemically by reacting calcium carbonate with sulfuric acid or by precipitation from calcium chloride and a soluble sulfate. 

Sodium metabisulfite is prepared by saturating a solution of sodium hydroxide with sulfur dioxide and allowing crystallization to occur hydrogen is passed through the solution to exclude air. Sodium metabisulfite may also be prepared by saturating a solution of sodium carbonate with sulfur dioxide and allowing crystallization to occur, or by thermally dehydrating sodium bisulfite. 

Gais H, Jagusch T, Spalthoff N, Gerhards F, Frank M, Raabe G. Highly selective palladium catalyzed kinetic resolution and enantioselective substitution of racemic allylic carbonates with sulfur nucleophiles asymmetric synthesis of allylic sulfides, allylic sulfones, and allylic alcohols. Chem. Eur. J. 2003 9 4202-A221. 

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