Description: When flowers of sulfur or roll-form sulfur is heated to the melting point and then poured into water, the resulting rubbery mass remains flexible for a time, but in a day or two returns to a brittle crystalline form.

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Source: Shakhashiri, B.Z. Chemical Demonstrations: A Handbook for Teachers of Chemistry

Year or vol: 1 page: 243

Keywords: Polymers, Sulfur, Plastic Sulfur,