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antimony (Sb, stibium from latin, 4S3/2 in ground state)
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antimony	has symbol Sb
	has stable isotope antimony 121
	has stable isotope antimony 123
	has symbol origin stibium from latin
	has lethal intake 140 mg for antimony potassium tartrate (oral) for LD50
	has reserves 2.5 × 106 tonnes
	has main mining area China, Italy, Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, France
	has mineral sibiconite, stibnite, tetrahedrite, ullmannite
	has neutron scattering length 0.557 × 10-12 cm
	has electron affinity 101 kJ mol-1 from Sb to Sb-
	has toxic intake 100 mg
	has poisson's ratio 0.25 to 0.33 GPa
	has rigidity modulus 20.7 GPa
	has young's modulus 54.7 GPa
	has mass magnetic susceptibility -1.0 × 10-8 kg-1 m3 for solid
	has electrical resistivity 39.0 × 10-8 Ω m at 273 K
	has van der Waals radii 220 pm
	has covalent radii 141 pm
	has thermal neutron capture cross section 4.91 barns
	has isotope mass range 108 to 136
	has number of isotopes 40
	has pronunciation anti-moni
	has name origin anti + monos = not alone from greek
	has abundance 10 in Sun relative to H = 1 × 1012
	has abundance 0.2 p.p.m. in Earth's crust
	has abundance 3 × 10-4 p.p.m. in seawater
	has specimen available as pieces, powder or shot. Care !
	has world production 53000 tonnes per year
	has chief source stibnite, tetrahedrite although mainly a copper ore yields antimony as a by-product
	has mass absorption coefficient 270 cm2 g-1 for CuKα X-ray diffraction
	has mass absorption coefficient 33.1 cm2 g-1 for MoKα X-ray diffraction
	has space group R3m for grey rhombohedral form
	has space group Pm3m for grey cubic form
	has space group P63/mmc for metal form
	has crystal cell dimension a = 430.84 pm for grey rhombohedral form
	has crystal cell dimension c = 1124.7 pm for grey rhombohedral form
	has crystal cell dimension a = 298.6 pm for grey cubic form
	has crystal cell dimension a = 336.9 pm for metal form
	has crystal cell dimension c = 533 pm for metal form
	has crystal type rhombohedral for grey rhombohedral form
	has crystal type cubic for grey cubic form
	has crystal type h.c.p. for metal form
	has atomic emission line 206.833 nm for Sb I
	has atomic emission line 217.581 nm for Sb I
	has atomic emission line 231.147 nm for Sb I (strong)
	has atomic emission line 252.852 nm for Sb I
	has atomic emission line 259.805 nm for Sb I
	has term symbol 4S3/2 in ground state
	has electron configuration [Kr]4d105s25p3 in ground state
	has mass of element in person 2 mg for a 70 kg average person
	has daily dietary intake 0.002 to 1.3 mg
	has level in humans 0.0033 mg dm-3 in blood
	has level in humans 0.01 to 0.6 p.p.m. in bone
	has level in humans 0.011 to 0.42 p.p.m. in liver
	has level in humans 0.042 to 0.191 p.p.m. in muscle
	has hazard small doses stimulate metabolism, large doses cause liver damage
	has biological role none
	has linear expansion coefficient 8.5 × 10-6 K-1
	has thermal conductivity 24.3 W m-1 K-1 at 300 K
	has molar volume 18.20 cm3
	has heat capacity 25.23 J K-1 mol-1 for solid at constant pressure 0.1 MPa at 298.15 K
	has heat capacity 20.79 J K-1 mol-1 for gas at constant pressure 0.1 MPa at 298.15 K
	has heat of vaporization 67.91 kJ mol-1
	has heat of fusion 20.9 kJ mol-1
has boiling point 1908 K
has melting point 903.89 K
has electronegativity 2.05 Pauling
has relative atomic mass 112.760 in units of 12C = 12.000
has ionic radii 62 pm for Sb5+
has ionic radii 89 pm for Sb3+
has ionic radii 245 pm for Sb2-
has atomic radii 182 pm
has number of protons 51
has registry number 7440-36-0 for Chemical Abstracts System database
has density 6691 kg m-3 for solid at 293 K
has density 6483 kg m-3 for liquid at 903.89 K melting point
has ocean oxidation state III
has ocean residence time 3.5 × 105 years
has atomic number 51
reacts with stable in dry air, not attacked by dilute acids or alkalis
has discovery date 1600 BC probably known to the ancients and certainly to the alchemists
has uses hardenning other metals, stotage batteries, bearings
has image
has definition metalloid element with three forms. The metallic form is the more stable and is bright, silvery, hard and brittle
is a kind of metallic metalloid
is a kind of group V element
is a kind of accumulating oceanic element
accumulating oceanic element	has ocean concentration depth indenpendent
group V element	has group 15
	has synonym pnictogen
oceanic element	has occurrence ocean
element	is a part of Universe
particle	obeys uncertainty principle
	has frequency inversely proportional to the wavelength
	has wavelength inversely proportional to its momentum
	has charge
	has mass
physical object	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

Kinds of antimony :

• antimony 119 (10 facts) (¹¹⁹Sb)
• antimony 120 (11 facts) (¹²⁰Sb)
• antimony 120m (10 facts) (^120mSb)
• antimony 121 (14 facts) (¹²¹Sb)
• antimony 122 (11 facts) (¹²²Sb)
• antimony 123 (14 facts) (¹²³Sb)
• antimony 124 (11 facts) (¹²⁴Sb)
• antimony 125 (10 facts) (¹²⁵Sb)
• antimony 126 (10 facts) (¹²⁶Sb)
• antimony 127 (10 facts) (¹²⁷Sb)

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