Applications of Sulfur Powder

Sulfur powder has a wide range of applications in industry. Our common items such as matches, adhesives, synthetic fibres, paper products, plastics, batteries, lotions, skin cream dyes, fungicides, etc. all owe their existence to sulfur powder. In recent years, with the advancement of ultra-micro grinding technology, micronised sulfur powder has a wider and higher-end application. For example, sulfur is added in the manufacture of tyres to harden the rubber and prevent it from melting at higher temperatures.

Insoluble sulfur is mainly used as a vulcanisation accelerator and agent in the rubber industry. It allows a more solid adhesion of the rubber, prevents the rubber from breaking apart and improves resistance to heat and tyre wear, and is therefore an essential raw material in tyre production.

Not all sulfur can be used as food additives

Sulfur is one of the important basic raw materials in the chemical industry and is widely used in many fields: chemical fertilizers (sulfur-containing fertilizers)

Sulfur recovery process

Current sulfur recovery methods mainly include wet and dry methods. Wet methods include Lurgi’s low and high temperature condensation process