Sulfur-containing products are used in metalworking (cutting, grinding, sawing, etc.), steel rolling and wire drawing areas. They work through contained sulfur reacting with the metal under extreme conditions of heat and pressure to form a metal sulfide layer. This metal sulfide layer allows for slip or movement to reduce friction and metal damage.
All Chevron Phillips Chemical's polysulfides are actually mixtures containing various numbers of sulfur atoms. The main polysulfide component in each is listed below along with some of its many applications.