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Works Cited
Kean, Sam. the Disappearing spoon. Little, Brown and Company, 2011
"Serious Bismuth." Chemistry Talk, https://chemistrytalk.org/bismuth-element/#:~:text=Bismuth%20is%20an%20ancient%20element,its%20own%20element%20in%201753. Accessed on 16.April.2024
Bismuth
It has low conductivity for heat and electricity (Serious Bismuth).
Other Facts
Bismuth expands when it freezes. Although this is rare in the periodic table, it is common to us because of water (Kean 158).
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Live Science
Most Bismuth mining takes place in China and Vietnam. It is relatively rare to be found in nature. (Serious Bismuth)
Bismuth is the heaviest almost stable element (Kean 158).
Bismuth burns blue and emits yellow flames (Kean 158).
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The ancient Inca civilization combined bismuth with copper and tin to make knives (Serious Bismuth).
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Ancient Egyptians used bismuth in cosmetics (Serious Bismuth).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bismuth is element number 83. Its symbol is Bi and its atomic weight is 208.98
History
Bismuth is an ancient element and is one of the first 10 metals to be discovered. It was originally thought to be an alloy of tin and lead before it was officially identified as its own element by a French chemist, Claude Geoffroy in 1753.(Serious Bismuth)
Similar Elements
Applications
Bismuth is found in the poisoner's corridor of the peridodic table at the bottom right along with other poisonous metals. Even with this placement, it is completely harmless. It is used in paints like lead and cadmium(Kean 158, 160).
It shares similar properties to lead, but is far less toxic (Serious Bismuth). It serves as a transition between, "conventional retching and deep-pain poisons wo the scorching radioactive poisons"(Kean 160)
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- Paints and dyes
- Red Fireworks
- Medicne Like Pepto-Bismol (Kean 159, 160)
- Used as a safe substitute for the toxic lead
- Component of starting material for rubber and synthetic fibers.
- Used to create low melting allows(Serious Bismuth)
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Claude Geoffroy
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