著者

平川 芳彦

出版者

社団法人 有機合成化学協会

雑誌

有機合成化学協会誌 (ISSN:00379980)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.35, no.5, pp.325-331, 1977-05-01 (Released:2009-11-13)

参考文献数

10

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Sulfur (S) is an element of 15th largely existed in earth's crust, 10th in universe, and 7th in human body. S circulates the environmental sphere in various chemical forms, but SO2 in atmosphere is largely responsible by human burning of S contained fuels and minerals. Underground resources of S and production type of S differ country by country. S content in crude oil varies ranging from less than 0.1% to more than 5% in every oilfield. Large S content unexpected from biological source theory of oil origin might be explained by that melted mineral origin elementary S in underground has met and dissolved into highly aromatic or naphthenic fractions of crude oil and secondarily converted to S compounds. Though supply of S as fertilizer to fields has been decreased, but SO2 has played an important role of natural supply of S to the earth, especially in highly populated metropolitan areas.