
Bismuth is a slightly pink, brittle, crystalline metal. It has a variety of uses, including cosmetics, alloys, fire extinguishers, and ammunition. It is known as the main component of stomach pain medications.
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Bismuth is a post-transition metal. Transition metals, the largest group of elements that include copper, lead, iron, zinc and gold, are very hard with high melting points and boiling points. Post-transition metals share some of the properties of transition metals but are softer and work weaker. The electrical and thermal conductivity of bismuth is unusually low for a metal. It also has a particularly low melting point, which allows it to form alloys used for molds, fire detectors and fire extinguishers.
Naturally occurring bismuth is found in small amounts in the earth's crust both as a pure metal and in various compounds. Today, bismuth is obtained as a by-product in refining lead, copper, tin, silver and gold ores.
Bismuth compounds are used as catalysts in the synthetic fiber and rubber manufacturing process. When combined with metals such as lead, tin, iron and cadmium, it forms low melting point alloys used in fire detectors and extinguishers.
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