Sulfur oxidized inorganic

Sulfur, another inorganic petrochemical, is obtained by the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide 2H2S + O2 — 2H2 0 + 2S. Hydrogen sulfide is a constituent of natural gas and also of the majority of refinery gas streams, especially those off-gases from hydrodesulfurization processes. A majority of the sulfur is converted to sulfuric acid for the manufacture of fertilizers and other chemicals. Other uses for sulfur include the production of carbon disulfide, refined sulfur, and pulp and paper industry chemicals. 

Kelly DP, Wood AP. 1994. Whole organism methods for inorganic sulfur oxidation by chemolithotrophs and photolithotrophs. In Peck HD, LeGall J, editors. Inorganic microbial sulfur metabolism. Volume 243, Methods in enzymology. p 510-20. 

Chemolithotrophic organisms can oxidize inorganic substances such as HoS, elemental sulfur, or reduced nitrogen compounds, obtaining... 

Inorganic gases Oxides of nitrogen Oxides of sulfur Other inorganics Nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide Sulfuric acid, sulfur dioxide Carbon monoxide, chlorine, ozone, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen fluoride, ammonia One of the principal pollutants is sulfur dioxide, which is a corrosive acid gas that combines with water vapor in the atmosphere to produce acid rain. 

Figure 10.12 illustrates the carbon and sulfur isotopic compositions of a variety of materials. For both carbon and sulfur, there is an important fractionation that obtains when organic processes are involved. Organic material is depleted in 3c, and sulfide produced from bacterial reduction of sulfate is depleted in 34s. In the exogenic carbon cycle, there are two principal reservoirs of carbon the oxidized inorganic carbon reservoir, which is mostly carbonate... 

They are used for chemical synthesis, water and waste treatment, disinfection, neutralizations, and the like. They can also be produced in atmospheric photochemical reactions and as undesirable products, for example, in the combustion of fuels and industrial processes. The most important inorganic gases are ammonia, carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides, ozone and sulfur oxides. 

Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry , Springer, Berlin, includes the following Sulfur A1 (History, 1942) A2 (Occurrence, Technology, 1953) A3 (The Element, 1953) B1 (Hydrides and Oxides, 1953) B2 (Sulfur-Oxygen Acids, 1960) B3 (Compounds, 1963) Sulfur Suppl. Vol. 1 (Thionyl Halides, 1978) Sulfur Suppl. Vol. 2 (Sulfur Halides, 1978) Sulfur Suppl. Vol. 3 (Sulfur Oxides, 1980) Sulfur Suppl. Vol. 4a/b (Sulfanes, 1983) as well as several volmnes on S-N chemistry. 

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