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    Sulfur of Nature

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    This document provides instructions for conducting an experiment to produce pure sulfur from white phosphorus. The key steps are: 1) Gather equipment like an asbestos cover, glass plate, heat-resistant dish, iron wire, large glass bell, burner, and safety gear. 2) Place a small piece of phosphorus in the heat-resistant dish on top of an asbestos sheet and glass plate. Cover with a glass bell. 3) Heat the phosphorus with an iron wire, causing it to ignite and produce a white vapor inside the bell. 4) Allow the vapor to condense on the inside of the bell, producing a collection of pure red-yellow sulfur.

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    This document provides instructions for conducting an experiment to produce pure sulfur from white phosphorus. The key steps are: 1) Gather equipment like an asbestos cover, glass plate, heat-resistant dish, iron wire, large glass bell, burner, and safety gear. 2) Place a small piece of phosphorus in the heat-resistant dish on top of an asbestos sheet and glass plate. Cover with a glass bell. 3) Heat the phosphorus with an iron wire, causing it to ignite and produce a white vapor inside the bell. 4) Allow the vapor to condense on the inside of the bell, producing a collection of pure red-yellow sulfur.

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    This document provides instructions for conducting an experiment to produce pure sulfur from white phosphorus. The key steps are: 1) Gather equipment like an asbestos cover, glass plate, heat-resistant dish, iron wire, large glass bell, burner, and safety gear. 2) Place a small piece of phosphorus in the heat-resistant dish on top of an asbestos sheet and glass plate. Cover with a glass bell. 3) Heat the phosphorus with an iron wire, causing it to ignite and produce a white vapor inside the bell. 4) Allow the vapor to condense on the inside of the bell, producing a collection of pure red-yellow sulfur.

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    Sulfur of Nature

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    This document provides instructions for conducting an experiment to produce pure sulfur from white phosphorus. The key steps are: 1) Gather equipment like an asbestos cover, glass plate, heat-resistant dish, iron wire, large glass bell, burner, and safety gear. 2) Place a small piece of phosphorus in the heat-resistant dish on top of an asbestos sheet and glass plate. Cover with a glass bell. 3) Heat the phosphorus with an iron wire, causing it to ignite and produce a white vapor inside the bell. 4) Allow the vapor to condense on the inside of the bell, producing a collection of pure red-yellow sulfur.

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    Pure Sulphur of Nature from White Phosphor

    By Ludwig Wriesing, Austria


    Beginning of Experiment: June 16, 1980 Sun in the sign Taurus. Planet at hour of
    beginning was Jupiter. Moon in first quarter.
    Preparation and Collection of the following equipment.
    Asbestos Cover: Serves as protection on table.
    Glass Plate: Placed upon asbestos cover to retrieve small particles of pure sulphur.
    Small Asbestos Sheet: This is a protection for the glass plate.
    Small Corning Ware Dish: This small heat resistant dish is placed upon the asbestos
    because of possible increase of heat thereafter.
    An Iron Wire: This iron wire will later be heated to ignite the stick of Phosphor. I would
    like to call special attention to the fact, when using a small glass bell the stick of
    Phosphor should be in proportion.
    A Large Glass Bell: This large Glass Bell has to be transparent and is needed to observe
    the combustion process.
    A Large Bucket: The large bucket is a safety precaution because it has to be large enough
    to be placed over the glass bell in which the Corning Ware dish has been placed with the
    phosphor. The large bucket is only used when too much beat should be generated because
    the glass bell is too small and will break. Phosphor can only be extinguished when no
    oxygen gets to it.
    A Burner and Tripod: This Bunsen or Fisher burner and support serves to hold a pan
    similar when melting lead or tin. This fire serves to heat the iron wire to ignite the
    phosphor in the tube.
    A Tube: In this tube is the mixture to be ignited with a match and it will not smoke.
    This smokeless flame makes it possible that the iron wire will not turn black.
    A Clamp: This clamp serves to get hold of the small piece of phosphor broken off the
    larger piece.
    Napkins (Wet): The napkins serve to close the opening on the rim at the bottom of the
    glass bell. This is a precautionary measure as the pressure in the glass bell when the
    phosphor is burning in the corning ware dish can develop some gases that could escape.
    Some Still Larger Buckets: These should be of several sizes so that they can be placed
    one over the other to avoid oxygen getting to the phosphor. (Extra precautionary
    measure)
    Safety Goggles: this is a required laboratoty ruling.
    A Pair of Asbestos Gloves: It is a foregone conclusion to work with gloves in the lab.
    A Ventilator: A Ventilator is most important while working in the home by an open
    window. Any accumulation of gases in the room can endanger the health.
    Procedure
    I place the large asbestos on the table. Upon the asbestos I place the glass plate.
    Upon this glass plate I put a small piece of asbestos.
    Upon this asbestos I place the coming ware dish or pyrex dish.
    With the clamp or pincers, I take a small piece of phosphor out of the water container.
    This piece of phosphor I place in the dish.
    Over the dish in which the phosphor has been placed I put the transparent glass bell.

    The piece of phosphor will soon begin to smoke. It is actually not smoke, but rather a
    white vapor (gas). This white "Dove" (gas) is caused by the air (oxygen) still remaining
    inside the glass bell.
    Now I light the Bunsen or Fisher burner, while squeezing a piece of the mixture out of
    the tube on the little pan, ignite with a match to heat the iron wire.
    Now I lift the glass bell on one side and ignite the phosphor in the dish on the broken off
    end with the iron wire. This ignition can only take place from the top.
    The piece of phosphor will ignite at once and a snow white gas mill form inside the bell
    which whirls in clouds upward.
    During the ignition of the phosphor inside the glass bell pressure will back up, because
    the wet napkins under the rim are not yet hermetically scaled. The pressure will lift the
    glass bell slightly.
    As soon as the napkins are moistened with water again no gases can escape. It will be
    noticed that the heat inside the glass bell will hardly go higher than the hand can bear.
    The gas formation will last about an hour.
    When I notice that no more fume, form inside the glass bell, I will lift the glass bell on
    one side and with a wooden spatula rub the remaining phosphor that had not ignited and
    it will immediately start to burn. I notice underneath the rest of the phosphor that had not
    ignited a liquid with a skin color, light red appearing.
    The rising fumes (vapor) form on the inside of the glass bell, on the glass plate and
    asbestos shield as well on and in the coming ware dish as redyellow natural sulphur.
    This red-yellow collection on the described parts relating to this experiment I wash at
    once with pure water and as ail end result I have the wonderful pure sulphur of nature
    which I place in a large neck flask and save for future

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