Why is liquid sulfur cheaper than solid sulfur? ?
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The company plans to purchase liquid sulfur, which is more than 100 yuan cheaper than solid sulfur, and it also eliminates the need for costs associated with converting sulfur to its liquid form. Why is liquid sulfur cheaper than solid sulfur? ?
The contents of liquid sulfur and solid sulfur must be different, right?
Reply to floor 2: It eliminates the cost of shaping and packaging. Transporting liquid sulfur requires special insulated tank trucks, which is more complicated than transporting it in solid form. Reply to floor 3: The content is the same
Mainly, the storage, transportation of solid sulfur, as well as its use by end-users, are all quite flexible, with many available options; demand is high, which is why the price is relatively high； Due to issues related to transportation and storage, there are relatively few options available for users when it comes to liquid sulfur, and its market demand is not as high as that of solid sulfur; as a result, its price is much lower.
From a practical standpoint, liquid sulfur has a higher purity than solid sulfur, and it is much easier to use. Is it true that liquid sulfur is more difficult to store and requires insulation? Previously, desulfurization was cheaper.
For the production of solid sulfur from liquid sulfur, investment is required for solidification equipment (the cost of drum slicing is relatively low; however, the sliced sulfur produced by this method is less safe to store and transport compared to sulfur granulated using other processes). Cooling water is needed during this process, as well as dust collection and packaging equipment, resulting in consumption of packaging materials.
Solid sulfur is produced by shaping liquid sulfur through a molding process, and the cost of this molding is much higher than that of producing it directly in liquid form, like water. Electricity. Machine cost. There’s also packaging, dust removal, labor, and so on. Liquid sulfur, on the other hand, only requires specialized tank trucks for transport, and its cost is much lower than that of solid sulfur; this is the fundamental reason why liquid sulfur is cheaper than solid sulfur!
In my humble opinion, liquid sulfur in some petrochemical companies is a by-product obtained during the refining process, and it is not convenient to store it in large quantities for long periods of time; hence it is cheaper than solid sulfur. It’s the same principle as selling sulfuric acid: when inventory levels rise, it needs to be sold off promptly.
Most of the sulfur we use today is a by-product of desulfurization in petroleum and natural gas; it is produced in liquid form (and sulfur produced from sulfur ore is also mostly liquid). To solidify it, significant investment in equipment is required, which increases costs. Liquid sulfur is essentially a semi-finished product, which is why its price is low; however, the transportation costs are high.
Haha, we have been producing sulfuric acid from sulfur for many years now. It’s not the case that liquid sulfur is cheaper than solid sulfur; this is determined by the market. Generally speaking, sulfuric acid production plants prefer to use liquid sulfur as it has a higher purity and eliminates the need to melt sulfur. 1# nyhlhg