Study of Sulfur-Metal Orbital Hybridization in Sulfur-Bearing Compounds by X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES) (CAT#: STEM-ST-0300-WXH)

Introduction

As a multivalent, nonmetallic chemical element, sulfur plays an important role in various systems. It is an essential component in biochemical systems such as amino acids, vitamins, bacteria, or proteins where iron-sulfur clusters are used for electron transfer and catalysis.
Moreover, in industrial processes, such as the extraction of metals from ore deposits associated with sulfide minerals, the production of fertilizers, explosives, and cosmetics, as well as in issues around preventing poisoning of catalytic converters and in a multitude of other technological applications, sulfur has a great economic importance. A deep knowledge of the sulfur ligand environment is fundamental in order to gain a more detailed understanding of the processes and reactions in which sulfur is primarily involved.