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* [[Sulfur (nonfiction) | * [[Sulfur (nonfiction)]] - (in British English, sulphur) a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent, and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature. | ||
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Revision as of 16:23, 6 February 2020
The Alberta sulfur pyramids are a group of three large pyramidal structures composed primarily of sulfur.
The pyramids are located in Alberta, Canada.
The sulfur is produced as a byproduct of petroleum extraction and processing by Canadian oil company Syncrude.
In the News
SOEP planning first strike on Alberta sulfur pyramids, warn oil analysts.
Fiction cross-reference
- Comer's Midden Monster - attracted to aroma of sulfur.
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels - an interspecies organization of 13 stomach oil (nonfiction)-exporting varieties of petrel (nonfiction).
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Petroleum (nonfiction)
- Project Oilsand (nonfiction)
- Sulfur (nonfiction) - (in British English, sulphur) a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent, and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature.
External links
- Athabasca oil sands @ Wikipedia
- Great Sulfur Pyramids @ Boing Boing