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US
/ˈbɪzməθ/
]
[ UK /bˈɪsmʌθ/ ]
[ UK /bˈɪsmʌθ/ ]
NOUN
- a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
How To Use bismuth In A Sentence
- This area proper is a prominent Chinese mining district known as the Xianghualing polymetallic ore field, and it consists of numerous deposits of tin, tungsten, molybdenum, bismuth, copper, lead, and zinc.
- Kyrgyzstan has deposits of gold, coal, bismuth, mercury, antimony, tungsten, and copper.
- Another medicine that coats the stomach is called bismuth.
- He reported that most highly argentiferous galena required silver to have been coupled with bismuth or antimony to allow a substitution for lead within the lattice under high-temperature conditions.
- There were some designs from an old USSR program that used a eutectic mix of lead and bismuth for a similar purpose, heated to liquefy the metal. Archive 2008-02-01
- Daily over-the-counter (OTC) bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) can cut your risk of developing diarrhea, and OTC loperamide (Imodium A-D) can ease a mild case. Q&A: Avoiding Montezuma’s revenge?
- Associated minerals in the high-grade veins are calcite, ‘smaltite,’ nicoline, bismuth, and lesser pyrargyrite, proustite, acanthite, millerite, and chalcopyrite.
- Bismuth or benzoin should not be applied until after the laser has been shut down completely.
- Lead alloyed with tin, bismuth, cadmium, indium, or other elements, either alone or in combination, forms alloys with particularly low melting points.
- We found that pitchblende contains at least two radioactive materials, one of which, accompanying bismuth, has been given the name polonium, while the other, paired with barium, has been called radium.
