of powdered sulfur (Sg). Nor is it likely that colloidal sulfur, formed at the expense of the hydrogen sulfide, is the catalyst, for the following reason. Decomposing solutions are always clear and colorless for the first few minutes after initiation of the reaction. In those cases in which the
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