Determination of free elemental sulphur in some petroleum products.
Uncombined elemental sulphur in petroleum products such as kerosene, diesel, furnace and gear oil has been determined by conversion into copper(I) sulphide at 150-170 degrees . The copper(I) sulphide can be weighed, or its sulphur content determined by the iodimetric method.
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Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.