SULPHUR

A bit of a reverse aluminium situation is something I have observed with sulphur/fur. The IUPAC spells it with 'f' instead of 'ph', but 'ph' is common form of the spelling in Europe and some of my chemistry teachers have got riled up in favour of the 'European' spelling of this element's name. For what it's worth on the vial's lid and on the label of the sulphur vial's body it is spelled with ph. Make of that what you will. Sulphur was one of the 12 elements I first received as a Christmas present in 2019. The label indicates its flammable nature, but you wouldn't set anything of this collection on fire, would you? [If you are really a daredevil and like to shrivel things up for pure fun, there are also magnesium ribbons in the collection too. But your eyes are your own responsibility, not mine.] I used to find it very fun to open to sulphur vial and get a whiff of the sulphur hydride inside. It is probably now one of the smells I associate most with chemistry, and perhaps a smell I feel nostalgic about. Sulphur forms naturally in nature around volcanoes and some natural sulphur specimens can be bought online. Maybe in the future...