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Sulfur and its Doppelgänger

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The case is presented for the universal adoption of the ‘f’ spelling of the element sulfur and of all other names containing the ‘sulf-’ root. This requires the overdue implementation of the IUPAC ruling that ‘sulfur’ is the only acceptable English spelling for this element, its compounds, and derivative words.

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Kelly, D.P. Sulfur and its Doppelgänger. Arch Microbiol 163, 157–158 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00305347

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