ANTIMONY

Antimony

Antimony is a chemical element with symbol Sb and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite . Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were used for cosmetics; metallic antimony was also known, but it was erroneously identified as lead. It was established to be an element around the 17th century.

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antimony

Noun

  1. A chemical element (symbol Sb) with an atomic number of 51. The symbol is derived from Latin .
  2. The alloy stibnite


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