When sulfur burns it reacts with oxygen to form sulfur dioxide, which is an entirely different substance from sulfur or oxygen.
Burning sulfur in oxygen produces sulfur dioxide.
it is a combustion. the word equation would be: sulfur + oxygen → sulfur dioxide the balanced chemical equation: S(s) + O₂(g) → SO₂(g)
The chemical symbol of sulfur in equations is S. However, the real chemical formula is S8, so basically 8 atoms of sulfur react to become one molecule. S8 has a crown shape with three spikes on top and two spikes on the bottom. It is too much a bother to write S8 and balance it so we write S in equations.
Sulfur oxides
It is a chemical change, an oxidation reaction.
Burning sulfur, or burning anything, is a chemical change.
Burning sulfur, or burning anything, is a chemical change.
Burning sulfur, or burning anything, is a chemical change.
Burning of sulfur (or anything else) is a chemical change, not a physical change.
so2
yes
chemichal
When sulfur burns it reacts with oxygen to form sulfur dioxide, which is an entirely different substance from sulfur or oxygen.
Sulphur dioxide - SO2
Yes, because new product is formed.
Equation:2 SO2 + O2 --x--> 2 SO3 (x is a catalyst)