antimony

/'æntiməni/

Thân thiện

A scientist holds a small sample of antimony in a laboratory.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A metallic element having four allotropic forms: Antimony is a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element that exists in several different structural forms (allotropes).
   • Used in a wide variety of alloys: It is commonly used as a hardening agent in alloys, particularly with lead for batteries, and in other metals.
   • Found in stibnite: Its primary ore is the mineral stibnite (antimony trisulfide).

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Antimony is added to lead to increase its hardness for use in car batteries.
  • The ancient Egyptians used antimony in cosmetics.
  • The sample was tested and found to contain traces of antimony.

Advanced Usage

• "Antimony trioxide": A common compound of antimony used as a flame retardant in plastics and textiles.
  • The furniture foam was treated with antimony trioxide for fire safety.

Variants and Related Words

• Stibnite (n): The principal ore of antimony, antimony trisulfide (Sb₂S₃).
  • The miners extracted stibnite from the mountain.
• Antimonial (adj): Containing or relating to antimony.
  • The antimonial lead alloy is very durable.

Synonyms

• Element 51: Referring to its atomic number on the periodic table.
• Sb: The chemical symbol for antimony (from Latin ).

Related Phrases

• "Antimony poisoning": Toxicity resulting from excessive exposure to antimony compounds.
  • Symptoms of antimony poisoning can include nausea and headaches.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Sb
• atomic number 51