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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

Bi

1.2 Group Number

15
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Gadolinium
0 17

1.3 Period Number

6
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Lithium
2 7

1.4 Block

p block

1.5 Element Family

Post-​Transition

1.6 CAS Number

7440699
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Aluminium
7429905 54386242

1.7 Space Group Name

C12/m1

1.8 Space Group Number

12.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Plutonium
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)
Thallium
5E-09 0.11

2.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~0.000006 %
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1

2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites

0.00 %
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Gold
1.7E-07 22

2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.00 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

0.00 %
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1

2.4.6 Abundance In Humans

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Radium
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)
Plutonium
0 1970

3.2.4 In Bone

0.20 p.p.m.
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Plutonium
0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

271.30 °C
Rank: 70 (Overall)
Francium
27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

1,560.00 °C
Rank: 57 (Overall)
Flerovium
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)
Cesium
0.2 8.5

4.4.2 Brinell Hardness

70.00 MPa
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Cesium
0.14 3490

4.4.3 Vickers Hardness

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Palladium
121 3430

4.5 Speed of Sound

1,790.00 m/s
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Thallium
818 16200

4.6 Optical Properties

4.6.1 Refractive Index

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229

4.6.2 Reflectivity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
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

33
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Tennessine
0 38

5.3 Electronegativity

5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

2.02
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Francium
0.7 2.54

5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity

2.34
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Cesium
0.22 2.56

5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.67
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cesium
0.86 1.82

5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

2.15
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Cesium
0.62 2.48

5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity

2.01
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Cesium
0.659 2.7

5.4 Electropositivity

5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

1.98
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Gold
1.46 3.3

5.5 Ionization Energies

5.5.1 1st Energy Level

703.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Cesium
375.7 26130

5.5.2 2nd Energy Level

1,610.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750

5.5.3 3rd Energy Level

2,466.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 48 (Overall)
Osmium
1600 34230

5.5.4 4th Energy Level

4,370.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Thorium
2780 37066

5.5.5 5th Energy Level

5,400.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Dubnium
4305.2 97510

5.5.6 6th Energy Level

8,520.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800

5.5.7 7th Energy level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bohrium
7226.8 114300

5.5.8 8th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Hassium
8857.4 125300

5.5.9 9th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
14110 134700

5.5.10 10th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Strontium
17100 144300

5.5.11 11th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Yttrium
19900 169988

5.5.12 12th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
22219 189368

5.5.13 13th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
26930 76015

5.5.14 14th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
29196 86450

5.5.15 15th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Manganese
41987 97510

5.5.16 16th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Iron
47206 109480

5.5.17 17th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cobalt
52737 122200

5.5.18 18th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Nickel
58570 134810

5.5.19 19th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Copper
64702 148700

5.5.20 20th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
80400 171200

5.5.21 21st Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
87000 179100

5.5.22 22nd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
93400 184900

5.5.23 23rd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
98420 198800

5.5.24 24th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
104400 195200

5.5.25 25th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
121900 121900

5.5.26 26th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
127700 127700

5.5.27 27th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
133800 133800

5.5.28 28th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
139800 139800

5.5.29 29th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
148100 148100

5.5.30 30th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
154500 154500

5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent

2.60 g/amp-hr
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209

5.7 Electron Work Function

4.22 eV
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Cesium
2.14 5.65

5.8 Other Chemical Properties

Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility

6 Atomic

6.1 Atomic Number

83
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

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

83
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.4.2 Number of Neutrons

126
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Lithium
4 184

6.4.3 Number of Electrons

83
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.5 Radius of an Atom

6.5.1 Atomic Radius

156.00 pm
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Beryllium
112 265

6.5.2 Covalent Radius

148.00 pm
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Beryllium
96 260

6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius

207.00 pm
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Zinc
139 348

6.6 Atomic Weight

208.98 amu
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Lithium
6.94 294

6.7 Atomic Volume

21.30 cm3/mol
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Manganese
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)
Francium
8 392.42

6.10 Lattice Constant

667.40 pm
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Beryllium
228.58 891.25

6.11 Lattice Angles

NA

6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Beryllium
1.567 1.886

7 Mechanical

7.1 Density

7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

9.78 g/cm3
Rank: 39 (Overall)
Lithium
0.534 40.7

7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

10.05 g/cm3
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Lithium
0.512 20

7.2 Tensile Strength

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Indium
2.5 11000

7.3 Viscosity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526

7.4 Vapor Pressure

7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121

7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774

7.5 Elasticity properties

7.5.1 Shear Modulus

12.00 GPa
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Potassium
1.3 222

7.5.2 Bulk Modulus

31.00 GPa
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Cesium
1.6 462

7.5.3 Young's Modulus

32.00 GPa
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Cesium
1.7 528

7.6 Poisson Ratio

0.33
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Beryllium
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)
Lithium
0.53 4500

8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Diamagnetic

8.1.3 Permeability

0.00 H/m
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Copper
1.25643E-06 0.0063

8.1.4 Susceptibility

0.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Aluminium
-0.000166 200000

8.2 Electrical Properties

8.2.1 Electrical Property

Semiconductor

8.2.2 Resistivity

1.29 nΩ·m
Rank: 57 (Overall)
Thallium
0.18 961

8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity

0.01 106/cm Ω
Rank: 60 (Overall)
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63

8.2.4 Electron Affinity

91.20 kJ/mol
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Mercury
0 222.8

9 Thermal

9.1 Specific Heat

0.12 J/(kg K)
Rank: 40 (Overall)
Americium
0.11 3.6

9.2 Molar Heat Capacity

25.52 J/mol·K
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Beryllium
16.443 62.7

9.3 Thermal Conductivity

7.97 W/m·K
Rank: 67 (Overall)
Neptunium
6.3 429

9.4 Critical Temperature

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Ytterbium
26.3 3223

9.5 Thermal Expansion

13.40 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Tungsten
4.5 97

9.6 Enthalpy

9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

151.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Zinc
7.32 799.1

9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

10.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Cesium
2.1 35.23

9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization

207.10 kJ/mol
Rank: 44 (Overall)
Mercury
61.5 837

9.7 Standard Molar Entropy

56.70 J/mol.K
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Beryllium
9.5 198.1