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Sulfur atoms are not in iron atoms. Sulfur atoms combine with iron atom by accepting excess electrons from the iron atoms.

Iron atoms become iron ions with a positive charge. Sulfur atoms become sulfide ions with a negative charge. The opposite charges cause the oppositely charged ions to attract each other and form an ionic bond and, in the solid state, a crystal lattice structure.

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