1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Bi
1.2 Group Number
1.3 Period Number
1.4 Block
p block
1.5 Element Family
Post-Transition
1.6 CAS Number
7440699
Rank: 22 (Overall) ▶
7429905
54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
C12/m1
1.8 Space Group Number
12.00
Rank: 12 (Overall) ▶
11
229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
- Bismuth metal is soluble and reacts with concentrated nitric acid.
- It oxides are used as a yellow pigment in paint. Bismuth chloride oxide BiClO gives a pearly texture to cosmetics.
2.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Claude François Geoffroy
2.3.2 Discovery
In 1753
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
7 * 10-8 %
Rank: 25 (Overall) ▶
5E-09
0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.000006 %
Rank: 14 (Overall) ▶
1E-08
0.1
2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %
Rank: 42 (Overall) ▶
1.7E-07
22
2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %
Rank: 51 (Overall) ▶
9.9E-12
8.1
2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
Rank: 24 (Overall) ▶
2E-23
1.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Humans
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1E-13
1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
- Tin and bismuth alloys have a very low melting point and hence it is used in fire detector and the fire extinguishers. It also used in electric solders and fuses.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry, Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
Pharmaceutical Industry
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Low Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
✔
✘
70% - Post Transition Metals Metals have it !
▶
3.2.3 In Blood
0.02 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 20 (Overall) ▶
0
1970
3.2.4 In Bone
0.20 p.p.m.
Rank: 22 (Overall) ▶
0
170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
271.30 °C
Rank: 70 (Overall) ▶
27
3410
4.2 Boiling Point
1,560.00 °C
Rank: 57 (Overall) ▶
147
5660
4.3 Appearance
4.3.1 Physical State
Solid
4.3.2 Color
Silver
4.3.3 Luster
Metallic
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Mohs Hardness
2.25
Rank: 15 (Overall) ▶
0.2
8.5
4.4.2 Brinell Hardness
70.00 MPa
Rank: 46 (Overall) ▶
0.14
3490
4.4.3 Vickers Hardness
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
121
3430
4.5 Speed of Sound
1,790.00 m/s
Rank: 46 (Overall) ▶
818
16200
4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.000933
1.7229
4.6.2 Reflectivity
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
58
97
4.7 Allotropes
✔
✘
20% - Post Transition Metals Metals have it !
▶
4.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
4.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
4.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
5 Chemical
5.1 Chemical Formula
Bi
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
5.4 Electropositivity
5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
1.98
Rank: 47 (Overall) ▶
1.46
3.3
5.5 Ionization Energies
5.5.1 1st Energy Level
703.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 35 (Overall) ▶
375.7
26130
5.5.2 2nd Energy Level
1,610.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 33 (Overall) ▶
710.2162
28750
5.5.3 3rd Energy Level
2,466.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 48 (Overall) ▶
1600
34230
5.5.4 4th Energy Level
4,370.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 28 (Overall) ▶
2780
37066
5.5.5 5th Energy Level
5,400.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 30 (Overall) ▶
4305.2
97510
5.5.6 6th Energy Level
8,520.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 19 (Overall) ▶
5715.8
105800
5.5.7 7th Energy level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
7226.8
114300
5.5.8 8th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
8857.4
125300
5.5.9 9th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
14110
134700
5.5.10 10th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
17100
144300
5.5.11 11th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
19900
169988
5.5.12 12th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
22219
189368
5.5.13 13th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
26930
76015
5.5.14 14th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
29196
86450
5.5.15 15th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
41987
97510
5.5.16 16th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
47206
109480
5.5.17 17th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
52737
122200
5.5.18 18th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
58570
134810
5.5.19 19th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
64702
148700
5.5.20 20th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
80400
171200
5.5.21 21st Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
87000
179100
5.5.22 22nd Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
93400
184900
5.5.23 23rd Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
98420
198800
5.5.24 24th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
104400
195200
5.5.25 25th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
121900
121900
5.5.26 26th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
127700
127700
5.5.27 27th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
133800
133800
5.5.28 28th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
139800
139800
5.5.29 29th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
148100
148100
5.5.30 30th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
154500
154500
5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.60 g/amp-hr
Rank: 19 (Overall) ▶
0.16812
8.3209
5.7 Electron Work Function
4.22 eV
Rank: 22 (Overall) ▶
2.14
5.65
5.8 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
6 Atomic
6.1 Atomic Number
6.2 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p3
6.3 Crystal Structure
Rhombohedral (RHO)
6.3.1 Crystal Lattice
6.4 Atom
6.4.1 Number of Protons
6.4.2 Number of Neutrons
6.4.3 Number of Electrons
6.5 Radius of an Atom
6.5.1 Atomic Radius
156.00 pm
Rank: 29 (Overall) ▶
112
265
6.5.2 Covalent Radius
148.00 pm
Rank: 36 (Overall) ▶
96
260
6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
207.00 pm
Rank: 26 (Overall) ▶
139
348
6.6 Atomic Weight
208.98 amu
Rank: 29 (Overall) ▶
6.94
294
6.7 Atomic Volume
21.30 cm3/mol
Rank: 14 (Overall) ▶
1.39
71.07
6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
6.8.1 Previous Element
6.8.2 Next Element
6.9 Valence Electron Potential
41.90 (-eV)
Rank: 44 (Overall) ▶
8
392.42
6.10 Lattice Constant
667.40 pm
Rank: 2 (Overall) ▶
228.58
891.25
6.11 Lattice Angles
NA
6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.567
1.886
7 Mechanical
7.1 Density
7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
9.78 g/cm3
Rank: 39 (Overall) ▶
0.534
40.7
7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
10.05 g/cm3
Rank: 18 (Overall) ▶
0.512
20
7.2 Tensile Strength
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2.5
11000
7.3 Viscosity
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.001526
0.001526
7.4 Vapor Pressure
7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2.47E-11
121
7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2.62E-10
774
7.5 Elasticity properties
7.5.1 Shear Modulus
12.00 GPa
Rank: 42 (Overall) ▶
1.3
222
7.5.2 Bulk Modulus
31.00 GPa
Rank: 38 (Overall) ▶
1.6
462
7.5.3 Young's Modulus
32.00 GPa
Rank: 44 (Overall) ▶
1.7
528
7.6 Poisson Ratio
0.33
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
0.032
0.47
7.7 Other Mechanical Properties
NA
8 Magnetic
8.1 Magnetic Characteristics
8.1.1 Specific Gravity
9.79
Rank: 30 (Overall) ▶
0.53
4500
8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Diamagnetic
8.1.3 Permeability
0.00 H/m
Rank: 6 (Overall) ▶
1.25643E-06
0.0063
8.1.4 Susceptibility
8.2 Electrical Properties
8.2.1 Electrical Property
Semiconductor
8.2.2 Resistivity
1.29 nΩ·m
Rank: 57 (Overall) ▶
0.18
961
8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.01 106/cm Ω
Rank: 60 (Overall) ▶
0.00666
0.63
8.2.4 Electron Affinity
91.20 kJ/mol
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
0
222.8
9 Thermal
9.1 Specific Heat
0.12 J/(kg K)
Rank: 40 (Overall) ▶
0.11
3.6
9.2 Molar Heat Capacity
25.52 J/mol·K
Rank: 37 (Overall) ▶
16.443
62.7
9.3 Thermal Conductivity
7.97 W/m·K
Rank: 67 (Overall) ▶
6.3
429
9.4 Critical Temperature
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
26.3
3223
9.5 Thermal Expansion
13.40 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 28 (Overall) ▶
4.5
97
9.6 Enthalpy
9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
151.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 46 (Overall) ▶
7.32
799.1
9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
10.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 33 (Overall) ▶
2.1
35.23
9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
207.10 kJ/mol
Rank: 44 (Overall) ▶
61.5
837
9.7 Standard Molar Entropy
56.70 J/mol.K
Rank: 24 (Overall) ▶
9.5
198.1