Molten Sulfur & Sulfuric Acid Transfer Hoses

Historically extracted from areas surrounding volcanoes and hot springs, sulfur is, these days, most often created during natural gas and petroleum refining.

The element is critical to plant and human health and, as a result, agriculture and food and beverage are markets ripe with sulfur applications. Think fertilizer production, crop dusting, sugar refining, food preservation, and winemaking.

Sulfur in various forms is also used in paper making, cellophane and rayon manufacturing, water treatment and renewable energy.

While 316 stainless is a suitable option for most sulfur applications—and the 300 series stainless with the widest corrosion resistance to sulfur and sulfur compounds—there are some notable exceptions.

When it comes to the following media, we would instead recommend one of the special alloys, such as Hastelloy C276 or Inconel 625, given their higher percentages of nickel and chromium.  

• Saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate
• Sulfur chloride
• Sulfuric acid