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The smell of rotten eggs, hell, and matches — brimstone with a chemistry degree.
means A yellow, brittle nonmetallic element (atomic number 16) found near volcanoes and hot springs, notorious for the rotten-egg smell of its compounds.
from The English word descends from Latin 'sulphur' (also spelled 'sulfur'), likely borrowed from an earlier Mediterranean language rather than native Latin root — its exact pre-Latin source is uncertain. The older English name was 'brimstone,' literally 'burning stone,' used for the same substance in biblical and medieval contexts; that word stuck to sulfur's fire-and-damnation reputation, while 'sulphur' became the cooler, scientific name once chemistry gave it a seat at the periodic table.
- biblical nickname
- brimstone, as in fire and
- atomic number
- 16, sits right under oxygen
- body content
- makes up garlic and onion smells
- industrial use
- vulcanizes rubber, powers sulfuric acid production