What is the smell of burning sulphur and sulphur dioxide?

Burning sulfur and sulfur dioxide are essentially the same odor (unless you're burning it in something other than oxygen), and if you're anywhere nearby it doesn't so much have a smell as have an immediate effect on your nostrils. Burning sulfur vapor makes your nose feel like it's burning and is very painful. read more

The smell of a burning match is mainly due to the sulfur dioxide produced upon the ignition of the sulfur and potassium chlorate on the red phosphorous used in the match strip. So sulfur dioxide at low concentration will resemble the odor of a burnt match. read more

The smell of a burning match is mainly due to the sulfur dioxide produced upon the ignition of the sulfur and potassium chlorate on the red phosphorous used in the match strip. So sulfur dioxide at low concentration will resemble the odor of a burntmatch. read more

This is a burning sulfur mound. If you’ve ever been to a large landfill or even driven past one, then you’re familiar with the smell of sulfur — rotten eggs (hydrogen sulfide). The sulfur burning in this video is what remains from the Texas Gulf Sulfur Plant that operated here in the 1950s, according to the Worland Fire Department. read more