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Old 15-01-2008, 05:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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And sulphur was used by the Egyptians in natural forms,

That'd be brimstone then, which is Sulphur

more
or less, under the form of burnt wood and volcano rocks that they
burn, they did not produce the SO2 (acid) that we have today.

All "burning" is oxidisation.

Burn sulphur and you get sulphur dioxide (SO2), add to water and you get
sulphuric acid (H2SO4). This was still true 4000 years ago.

You really do know **** all don't you?


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