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Bismuth, ₈₃Bi

Bismuth
Pronunciation	/ˈbɪzməθ/ ​(BIZ-məth)
Appearance	lustrous brownish silver
Standard atomic weight Ar, std(Bi)	208.98040(1)
Bismuth in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson Sb ↑ Bi ↓ Mc lead ← bismuth → polonium
Atomic number (Z)	83
Group	group 15 (pnictogens)
Period	period 6
Block	p-block
Element category	p-block
Electron configuration	[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p3
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 5
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	544.7 K ​(271.5 °C, ​520.7 °F)
Boiling point	1837 K ​(1564 °C, ​2847 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	9.78 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	10.05 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	11.30 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	179 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	25.52 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k at T (K) 941 1041 1165 1325 1538 1835
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	−3, −2, −1, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5 (a mildly acidic oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 2.02
Ionization energies	1st: 703 kJ/mol 2nd: 1610 kJ/mol 3rd: 2466 kJ/mol (more)
Atomic radius	empirical: 156 pm
Covalent radius	148±4 pm
Van der Waals radius	207 pm
Spectral lines of bismuth
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	​rhombohedral
Speed of sound thin rod	1790 m/s (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion	13.4 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C)
Thermal conductivity	7.97 W/(m·K)
Electrical resistivity	1.29 µΩ·m (at 20 °C)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Magnetic susceptibility	−280.1·10−6 cm3/mol
Young's modulus	32 GPa
Shear modulus	12 GPa
Bulk modulus	31 GPa
Poisson ratio	0.33
Mohs hardness	2.25
Brinell hardness	70–95 MPa
CAS Number	7440-69-9
History
Discovery	Arabic alchemists (before AD 1000)
Main isotopes of bismuth
Iso­tope Abun­dance Physics:Half-life (t1/2) Decay mode Pro­duct 207Bi syn 31.55 y β+ 207Pb 208Bi syn 3.68×105 y β+ 208Pb 209Bi 100% 2.01×1019 y α 205Tl 210Bi trace 5.012 d β− 210Po α 206Tl 210mBi syn 3.04×106 y IT 210Bi α 206Tl

Bi data m.p. cat
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	271.5	—	—
K	544.7	544.6	0.1
F	520.7	520.7	0
max precision	1
WD
input	C: 271.5, K: 544.7, F: 520.7
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Bi data b.p. cat
	in	calc from C	diff	report	ref
C	1564	—	—
K	1837	1837	0
F	2847	2847	0
max precision	0
WD
input	C: 1564, K: 1837, F: 2847
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