Description
A brittle metal with a silver-white colour. Like water, bismuth is less dense as a solid than as a liquid (it expands as it cools), a property unique for a metal.
Elemental bismuth occurs naturally and its sulphide and oxide forms are important commercial ores.
Known since ancient times where it was confused with lead or tin due to similar resemblance.
Forms Supplied
Pure metal:
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99.99% (4N) purity
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99.999% (5N) high purity
Compounds:
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Bismuth (III) oxide (Bi2O3)
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Bismuth (III) hydroxide (Bi(OH)3)
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Bismuth (III) nitrate (Bi(NO3)3)
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Bismuth (III) citrate (C6H5BiO7)
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Bismuth subnitrate (Bi5O(OH)9(NO3)4)
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Bismuth (III) subsalicylate (C7H5BiO4)
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Bismuth (III) chloride (BiCl3)
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Bismuth trisulphide (Bi2S3)
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Bismuth (III) nitrate pentahydrate (Bi(NO3)3.5H2O)
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Bismuth (III) oxychloride (BiOCl)
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Bismuth aluminate hydrate (Bi2(Al2O4)3.10H2O)
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Bismuth (III) carbonate basic ((BiO)2CO3)
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Bismuth oxalate (Bi2(C2O4)3·7H2O)
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Bismuth vanadate (BiVO4)
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Bismuth neodecanoate (C30H57BiO6)
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Colloidal bismuth subcitrate (Bi6K11N6C48H69O6)
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Bismuth subgallate (C7H7O7Bi)
Alloys:
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Bismuth (III) telluride (Bi2Te3)
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Bismuth (III) selenide (Bi2Se3)
Typical Applications
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Pharmaceutical manufacture.
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Alloy solders used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.
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Pigments.
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Catalyst materials.
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Electronic applications such as capacitors, lightning arrestors.
