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- Name : Bismuth
- Symbol : Bi
- Atomic # : 83
- Atom weight: 208.98
- Melting P. : 271.3
- Boiling P. : 1560
- Oxidation : +3, +5
- Pronounced : BIZ-meth
- From : German bisemutum (Now wismut)
- Identified : Basil Valentine in 1450
- Appearance : Hard, brittle, steel-gray metal with a pinkish tinge
- Note : Low melting point
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- [Properties]
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- Bismuth is a heavy, brittle metal. It can be polished to a lustrous,
- gray-white color with a slight tinge of pink. It is rarely seen in this
- form, however, because it is usually alloyed with other metals.
- Bismuth is the last member of the Group-VA elements on the periodic
- table. This makes it the heaviest of the nitrogen elements. In some
- respects, bismuth is chemically similar to a couple of its fellow group
- members, arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb).
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