Mullin,+DeAndre

1. ATOMIC NUMBER- 51 2. ATOMIC MASS- 121.76AMU 3. SOLID 4. METALLIOD

** The discovery of the Antimony is known to the acients **

**The History of Antimony **  ---   · Antimony was known to medieval alchemists, and the date of its discovery is generally accepted to be around 1450. Its alchemical symbol is shown below:   · Although its original discoverer is unknown, antimony was first specifically studied by Nicolas Lémery (1654-1715), a French chemist and one-time Apothecary Jar din du Roi in Paris. · Whilst recognized in its elemental form from around 1450, the natural sulphide of antimony (stibnite) was known in Biblical times, and used extensively in the ancient world as a cosmetic. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 16.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: text1;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text1;">The name for modern eye make-up comes from the town of Mascara in Algeria, where stibnite was reputedly used in this way. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 16.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: text1;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text1;">The name "antimony" comes from two Greek words: 'anti' meaning //not// and 'monos' meaning //alone//, from the observation that the element is rarely found natively, but often occurs as compounds, or with heavier metals such as lead, copper and silver. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 16.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: text1;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text1;">The symbol for antimony, Sb comes from the Latin word //Stibium//, which was derived from the Greek name for the Stibnite powder used as a cosmetic. This was in turn taken from the Coptic word for the same (Coptic being a language descended from ancient Egyptian). <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 16.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: text1;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text1;">Pliny, a Roman archivist and historian wrote about the use of stibnite as a medicine, and it seems likely that other ancient cultures used the mineral in this way. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 16.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: text1;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text1;">Becaus <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1;">e <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text1;">of its distinctive dark color and opacity, stibnite was ground and used as a pigment in the middle ages. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 16.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: text1;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text1;">Industrial uses of antimony primarily revolve around electricity, and so were mainly explored in the 20th century. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 16.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: text1;">· <span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text1;"> As little as 30 years ago, (highly pure) antimony found use in semi-conductor technology (see the [|uses] page). \

<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1; msothemecolor: text1;"> popular uses- Although antimony and many of its compounds are toxic, tartar emetic (potassium antimony tartrate) is used as a medicine.

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