Yellow, brittle, and responsible for the smell of struck matches, rotten eggs and volcanic vents.
- Atomic number
- 16
- Atomic mass
- 32.06 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Ne] 3s² 3p⁴
- Melting point
- 388.36 K · 115.2 °C
- Boiling point
- 717.8 K · 444.7 °C
- Density
- 2.067 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 2.58
- Period / Group
- 3 / 16
- Discovery year
- Prehistoric