antimony
IPA: æntʌmoʊni
noun
- A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.
- The alloy stibnite.
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Examples of "antimony" in Sentences
- Other pentavalent dopants are antimony and bismuth.
- The metallic antimony is then recovered from the lead.
- They are also called 'pentavalent antimony compounds'.
- It is the most important source for the metalloid antimony.
- Finally, the yellow allotrope of antimony is the most unstable.
- The metal resinate is a combination of tin and antimony resinate.
- Antimony sulfide is also one of the ingredients of safety matches.
- Antimony pentafluoride is the chemical compound with the formula SbF5.
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