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Sulfur is one of the chemical elements. Its a fairly soft yellow substance.

There are many sulfates. Each of them is a combination, or chemical compound, of sulfuric acid with some other substance, often a metal. For instance, epsom salts is magnesium sulfate the sulfuric acid 'salt' of the metal magnesium.

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Surfur is an element

Sulfate is a common form of natural sulfur, a compound of surfur and oxygen, "SO4".

It is the salt form of sulfuric acid.

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