Sentence examples for burning sulfur from inspiring English sources

The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority.

About 60 percent of the sulfur dioxide produced throughout the world comes from burning sulfur, and approximately 40 percent is derived from roasting sulfide minerals.

Early remedies were risky: igniting gunpowder on mattresses or soaking them with gasoline, fumigating buildings with burning sulfur or cyanide gas.

Instead, sulfur dioxide gas (produced by burning sulfur in air) is injected into extracted juice, where it bleaches juice colorants, is oxidized to sulfate, and then is neutralized by the addition of lime.

For example, the Athenians poisoned the wells of their rivals as early as 600 bce, and the Spartans, their chief antagonists, in turn hurled burning sulfur pitch over the walls of Athens in 423 bce.

Sacks of burning sulfur were effective at clearing enemy mines due to the toxic smoke produced.

In the area of pollution control unmixed combustion is capable of burning natural gas and pyridine with zero NOx production; of burning sulfur-containing fuels in a manner that facilitates subsequent removal of the SO2; and of burning coal in a manner that directly provides sequestration ready CO2.

Simulated flue-gas having a composition similar to that resulting from burning 3.5% sulfur coal is fed to the cathode, where sulfur dioxide and oxygen are converted to sulfate ion.

To assess the impact of coke oven burning high sulfur and volatile matter containing coal on ambient air quality, levels of SO2, PM2.5 and trace metals were investigated (Khare and Baruah 2011).

As a result, many power plants are now paying penalties to yet another arm of the government — environmental regulators — for burning the sulfur-spewing coal.

Appalachian coal, especially the cleaner burning lower-sulfur variety that Colorado's coal competes with, has gotten scarcer and more expensive, and soaring natural gas prices have compelled electricity-generating companies to scramble for alternatives.