Question

Which of the following(s) is/are true about sulphur?

• A. It has a very distinct and bad smell
• B. It is found in the gunpowder and explosives
• C. Its melting point is $392.2K$
• D. It has catenation property

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C), (D)

It has catenation property

Sulfur found most useful application in the gunpowder and explosives. Also it has a very distinct and bad smell. Its melting point is $392.2K$ and boiling point is $717.8K.$

Sulphur shows catenation property.
$p\pi -p\pi$ bonding is not possible in sulphur due to its larger atomic size.
Thus, each sulphur atom in $S_8$ forms two sigma covalent bonds with each of its neigbouring $S$ atoms to get their octate configuration.