Bismut (Bi)

Properties

Abundance
CAS Number	7440-69-9
PubChem CID	5359367
Atomic Radius	156
Atomic Volume	21.3
Atomic Weight	208.98
Block	p
Boiling Point	1,564
Bulk Modulus
Category	Post-transition metals
Crystal Structure	Base Centered Monoclinic
Color	Gray
Covalent Radius	148
Density	9.78
Electrical Resistivity
Electron Configuration	[Xe] 4f¹⁴ 5d¹⁰ 6s² 6p³
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 5
Electronegativity	2.02
Electrons	83
Group	15
Heat of Fusion	10.9
Heat of Vaporization	160
Ionization Potential	7.286
Magnetic Ordering
Magnetic Susceptibility
Mass	208.98
Mass Number	83
Melting Point	271.5
Name	Bismut
Neutrons	126
Atomic Number	209
Oxidation States	-3, 3, 5
Period	6
Phase	Solid
Poisson Ratio
Protons	83
Shear Modulus
Specific Heat Capacity	0.122
Symbol	Bi
Thermal Conductivity	0.08
Van der Waals radius
Young's Modulus
Abundance in Earth's crust	2.5×10^-6%
Abundance in Universe	7×10^-8%

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Erbium was discovered in 1843 by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander, who detected it as an impurity in yttria.

Using ammonium hydroxide he precipitated fractions of different basicity from yttria.

In these fractions he found that the fraction that contained the pink color was erbium. Erbium was named after Ytterby, a town in Sweden 83 From the German word "bisemutum"

Isotopes of Erbium

Standard Atomic Weight

208.98040(1)

Stable Isotopes

²⁰⁹Bi

Unstable Isotopes

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Erbium is considered to be moderately toxic

The highest concentration of erbium in humans is in the bones

Erbium is used in photographic filters to absorb infrared light.

Erbium oxide gives a pink color and has been used as a colorant in glasses and porcelain enamel glazes.

It is also used in nuclear technology in neutron-absorbing control rods.

Erbium is used in alloys especially with vanadium to decrease the hardness of metals.

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