Sulfur or sulphur
Sulfur or sulphur
Sulfur or sulphur; the spelling difference is mainly a question of AmE vs other English speaking countries as suggested by the Grammarist. For the pale yellow nonmetallic element found especially in volcanic deposits, sulfur is the usual spelling in American English.
Sulphur is generally the preferred spelling in nonscientific texts from outside North America, but sulfur is gaining ground in scientific writing throughout the English-speaking world
The spelling distinction extends to derivative words such as sulfuric/sulphuric, sulfate/sulphate, and...