Among chemists, it's flour of sulpher. Flowers is an (incorrect & archeic) popular name, like quicksilver.
-John =========== > It is known (for whatever reason) as flowers of sulphur by gardeners > medical practitioners (althernative and conventional) and others outside > the US. > http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/fl/flower+of+sulphur.html > > http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/phys/sulphur.htm > <http://mysite.du.edu/%7Ejcalvert/phys/sulphur.htm> > > It is a powder produced by sublimation of sulphur. > > Bruce > > J. Forster wrote: >> It's NOT "flowers" it "flour" of sulphur... as in a fine ground >> powder... >> think wheat flour as is used to bake bread. >> >> -John >> >> =============== >> >> >>> If one is paranoid about mercury spills sprinkling the debris with >>> flowers of sulphur is a good idea especially if one intends to >>> repeatedly break CFLs in the same location. >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
