When sulphur powder is heated to over 400oC the following changes are observed:- At 113oC it melts into light brown liquid. The liquid then darkens to...

      

When sulphur powder is heated to over 400oC the following changes are observed:-
At 113oC it melts into light brown liquid. The liquid then darkens to become reddish-brown
and very viscous at 160oC. Above 160oC the liquid becomes almost black. At the boiling point the liquid becomes mobile. Explain these observations

  

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Maurice
– At 113oC consists of S8 rings that flow easily;

- Darkens due to breaking of S8 rings and forming long chains consisting of thousands of atoms. The chains also entangle;

- The long chains consisting of thousands of atoms. The chains also entangle;

- The long chains break near boiling point to form shorter one.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on October 24, 2019 at 05:13


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