Granular Sulfur – Turkmenistan

TYPICAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Description of indexFigure
Mass fraction of sulfur, % not less than99.95
Mass fraction of ash, % not less than0.03
Mass fraction of organic compounds, % not more than0.03
Mass fraction of acids converted to sulfuric acid, % not more than0.003
* Mass fraction of moisture, % not more than0.2
Presence of mechanical impuritiesabsent
Colorbright yellow

 

* In lump sulfur there is a possibility of increasing of mass fraction of moisture up to 2% providing recalculation of actual weight of overall volume for normalized moisture.

Description

Granular sulfur has various uses in the Industry, whether as a raw material, as an intermediate product or as an additive used to catalyse certain reactions.

Applications:

  • Manufacture of sulphuric acid
  • Manufacture of synthetic fibres (caprolactams)
  • Vulcaniser in the Rubber industry

 

Granular sulfur (for industrial use) in Turkmenistan:

State Concern “Turkmengas” year by year increases the volume of exported chemical products. One of the main of its direction is  granular sulfur.