Elements / 83
83Bi208.98
Bismuth
Post-transition metal · p-block · ring P · spoke 15
Bismuth is element 83, a post-transition metal. It sits on ring P (period 6) on spoke 15, the pnictogens. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 9.78 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 545 K · 272 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 1,837 K · 1,564 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 2.02 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 703 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 208.98 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 0.0085 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1753 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- Long thought stable, it was found in 2003 to decay, with a half-life about a billion times the age of the universe.
- Active ingredient in famous pink preparations; it forms rainbow hopper crystals and replaces lead in shot and bullets.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 15: Pnictogens
Ring P (period 6)
Play with Bismuth
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.