Facts About Bismuth and Meitnerium
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.
Meitnerium is named after Lise Meitner, an Austrian physicist.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Bombarding Bi209 with Accelerated Nuclei of Fe58, Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Claude François Geoffroy
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
Discovery
In 1753
In 1982
Abundance In Earth's Crust
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