Frasch Process of Mining Sulphur

The Frasch Process of Mining Sulphur Sulphur is a tasteless, odorless, light-yellow colored element that has been sought after for years for uses such as: sulphur compounds, medicine, matches, rubber, dyes, gunpowder, photography, and many more uses. But sulphur has not always been easy to obtain. That is until a man named Herman Frasch invented a new way to harvest the underground supplies of sulphur Before 1891 almost all sulphur came from Sicily. A German born …

…where it is allowed to dry in the open air. All other substances that have a higher melting point remain underground. This gives the sulphur a 99.5% purity rate, which is much better than other means of extracting sulphur. As a result America has become one of the top leaders in sulphur production in the world. All of this was accomplished because of a chemist who had a dream and dared to turn it into reality.