An Important Global Supply Source Kazakhstan has become one of the world’s significant producers and exporters of elemental sulphur, largely as a result of its major oil and gas developments in the Caspian region. Also, due to geopolitical circumstances of known nature that we won’t go into, Kazakhstan also became a re-exporter of sulphur (or…
A brief history of structural steel Solarim Trading specializes in construction materials, structural steel and steel brokerage is our forte. This article is for educational use only. If you are looking for structural steel or steel products from the Gulf or the former Soviet Union (CIS), please contact the suppler. 1. Before steel: stone, timber…
The story of ferroconcrete Ferroconcrete is better known as reinforced concrete in the English speaking world, though some purists argue that they are not the same things (well, they are). Also, according to some sources the term ferroconcrete is more archaic. Let it be but we are going to stick to it. Ferroconcrete or the…
Gustaf Erik Pasch, a Swedish chemist and professor, invented the safety match in 1844. He separated the reactive chemicals by placing red phosphorus on a striking surface rather than on the match head. Fellow Swedish industrialists Johan Edvard Lundström and his brother Carl later refined and mass-manufactured the design in the 1850s. The safety match…
Sulphur and gunpowder are inseparable. Sulphur or sulfur one of the three traditional ingredients of black powder, alongside with charcoal and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). Use of sulphur in making gunpowder is perhaps the first large scale industrial application of sulphur. This article is for educational use. However if you are here to procure industrial sulphur…
Sulphur appears in religious traditions and ancient beliefs beyond Christianity, although its meaning varies. Often it is connected with purification, fire, volcanoes, divine power, or the underworld. We do hope that you are reading these trivia articles for entertainment or educational purposes. If you are looking for industrial grade sulphur or sulfur, both in lump…
Understanding sulfur or sulphur Nature of sulphur (sulfur) What is our understanding of sulphur (sulfur)? Sulfur is one of the oldest known chemicals. There isn’t a single person who can be credited with understanding or discovering it even though for most of history people didn’t know that sulphur is an element, not a mixture of…
