Any idea where 100 tank car loads of molten sulphur is used for that i see on the CSX tracks here in WV. ? Is it used in the steel industry or manufacturing? Most the coal and grain going buy here is going to Newport News ;VA.
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explosives and incinderaries...
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"Molten sulphur" really caught my eye.
In the 1960's when I was a young pup, a few of us got together and started to make wrought iron railings. One of the ways we used to intall them on concrete was to chip a one inch square hole about 4-5 inches deep ( much easier than you think). Put in the one inch square post and then jamb in a couple of nails to secure it. We then got a tin can, put some powdered sulphur in the can and then with a propane torch we would heat the sulphur until it melted. We then poured the liquid into the hole and around the post where it hardened really fast. It looked like lead but was hard as rock. Mind you, the heating process stunk to high heaven.
We used to get powdered sulphur from any hardware store. It was stored in a big bin and we could get as much as we wanted. I think farmers used for cattle or something. It was cheap like Borsche.
A few years ago I was making some inquiries about getting some powdered sulphur. Not only couldn't they tell me where you could get any but they were highly suspicious yet apparently there are mountains of the stuff left over in the oil refining business.
What I wanted to do was to play around with the stuff to see if it really was as hard as I remember and I was curious as to whether I could drill and tap into it.
roger
If you want some check pottery or ceramic suppl stores. It's amazing the stuff you can by there! Barium is one of my favorites, lovely blue glaze. Just happens to be radioactive, if you spill 8 ounces time to call HazMatt guys.
Industrial sulfur is often shipped in molten form. IIRC some processes produce it in molten form, and cooling and grinding it would be a royal PITA so it's shipped molten in a steam jacket tanker.
The most common use is in making sulfuric acid, that is used in many industrial processes. Some is used in vulcanizing rubber, as well.