1 Facts
1.1 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.
- Einsteinium is the transuranic element found in US.
- Only 0.01 mg of Einsteinium was synthesized in 1961.
1.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Claude François Geoffroy
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1.4.4 Abundance In Sun
~0.000006 %~-9999 %
1E-08
0.1
1.1.2 Abundance In Meteorites
1.1.3 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.5.2 Abundance In Oceans
1.5.3 Abundance In Humans