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Corrosive Sulfur in transformer oil has been the cause of high profile transformer failures in recent years. Oil treatments consisting of copper passivators have been only partially effective. DSI has discovered a multi-step method that has been proven to change oils with corrosive sulfur into non-corrosive status, as well as significantly slowing oxidation and ageing of insulating oil and pape...

Sulfur is vital for primary and secondary metabolism in plant roots. To understand the molecular and morphogenetic changes associated with loss of this key macronutrient, we grew Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings in low-sulfur conditions. These conditions induced a cascade of cellular events that converged to produce a profound intracellular phenotype defined by large cytoplasmic inc...

    Combustion of sulfur components of fossil fuels such as oil causes the emission of SO2 in the atmosphere and lead to the formation of acidic rain in the environment. The conventional approach for desulfurization of fossil fuels is the chemical procedure of hydrodesulfurization (HDS). However, this method has low efficiency for desulfurization of ring components of sulfur such as dibenzothio...

Under adequate sulfur supply, plants accumulate sulfate in the vacuoles and use sulfur-containing metabolites as storage compounds. Under sulfur-limiting conditions, these pools of stored sulfur-compounds are depleted in order to balance the nitrogen to sulfur ratio for protein synthesis. Stress conditions like sulfur limitation and/or pathogen attack induce changes in the sulfate pool and the ...

background: sulfur mustard was the most widely applied chemical warfare agent by the iraqi army in iran–iraq war (1983-1988). considering the role of sulfur mustard toxicity in hematopoietic neoplasms and also new role of jak2 mutation in these neoplasms, we assessed this mutation and delayed hematologic complications in veterans exposed to sulfur mustard. methods: this case control study was p...

every year large amounts of grapes are stores in normal and cold rooms to offer off-season of grapes to the market which based on several reasons their quality and weight greatly decreases. therefore, in order to decrease the post harvest losses of grapes and selection of suitable cultivars for long time storage, this study was conducted in two experiments, one in a factorial experiment based o...

the nutrient elements uptake in many of soils, is a problem because of high ph and plenty of calcium ions in them. some of these elements are phosphorus and microelements. it is possible to increase absorption of these nutrient elements by addition of sulfur in soil and biological oxidation. the rate of this reaction is very slow and thiobacillus bacteria are the most important oxidators of sul...