Flowers of sulphur

Flowers of sulphur (US flowers of sulfur) is a very fine form of bright yellow sulphur powder obtained by sublimation. Known as flores sulphuris by apothecaries and in older scientific works.

Production

Flowers of sulphur were traditionally produced by sublimation of naturally occurring brimstone deposits. Hence the alternative name "flowers of brimstone". The residue left by the process was known as sulphur vivum. Impurities and moisture could cause acid residue in the product so it was often washed, the result being known as washed flowers of sulphur or flores sulphur loti.

Uses

Flowers of sulphur were extensively used in medicine.[1] They were also used for treating rosebushes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ William Lewis MD (1799). The New Dispensatory (Sixth ed.). F. Wingrave. p. 458-461.

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