ANTIMONY, Sb (51)

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ANTIMONY

Sb (51)

ˈæntɪməni

PHONETICS

Antimony is a lustrous grey metalloid and it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb2S3). Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were used for cosmetics.

ELEMENT BRIEF

Circa 3,000 BCE.

DISCOVERY

Greek 'anti + monos' meaning 'not alone' (symbol Sb is from Latin word 'stibium').

ETYMOLOGY

Antimony

ELEMENT

Sb

SYMBOL

51

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-36-0

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


-

POISSON RATIO


18.053 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


294.00M Pa, 2.901'6k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


3.00

MOHS HARDNESS


-

VICKERS HARDNESS


3,420 m/s, Mach 9.970'8

SPEED OF SOUND


42.00G Pa, 414.507'8k Atm

BULK MODULUS


20.00G Pa, 197.384'7k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


55.00G Pa, 542.807'8k Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

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903.78 K, 630.63 °C

MELTING POINT


2,875.15 K, 2,602.00 °C

BOILING POINT


1,860.15 K, 1,587.00 °C

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


24.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'011'0 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


207.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


19.700 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


68.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


2.50M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


400.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


-

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Diamagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


-0.000'000'010'9

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


-0.000'000'001'327'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


-0.000'073'000'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Metalloid

CLASSIFICATION


120.903'815'7

ATOMIC WEIGHT


133 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


140 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


133 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


127 pm

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


206 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Kr]5s²4d¹⁰5p³

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Rhombohedral, Primitive

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


6.697'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


6.530'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


R_3m

SPACE GROUP NAME


166

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 2π/3

LATTICE ANGLES


430.7, 430.7 1127.3 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

5

VALENCE


2.05

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


101.06 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000'03 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'012 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'1 %

SUN


0.000'02 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'000'02 %

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


5p³ = 5, 1, +1, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


3.900'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


4.910'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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