Sb Antimony     Atomic number : 51 
    Relative atomic mass (12C = 12.0000) :  112.760 
    P H Y S I C A L     D A T A
Group 15 metal
 
Density / kg m-3 :  6691 [293 K]; 6443 [liquid at m.p.]
 
Melting point / K :  903.89 
 
Boiling point / K :  1908
 
    D I S C O V E R Y
Probably known to the ancients and certainly to the alchemists.
 
    G E O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Abundances
 
Sun (relative to H = 1 × 1012) : 10
 
Earth's crust / p.p.m. : 0.2
 
Residence time / years : c. 3.5 × 105
 
Classification : accumulating
 
Oxidation state : III
 
  
 
Seawater / p.p.m. : c. 3 × 10-4
    B I O L O G I C A L     D A T A
Level in humans
 
Blood / mg dm-3 : 0.0033
 
Bone / p.p.m. : 0.01 - 0.6
 
Liver / p.p.m. : 0.011 - 0.42
 
Muscle / p.p.m. : 0.042 - 0.191
 
  
 
Daily dietary intake : 0.002 - 1.3 mg
 
Total mass of element
in average (70 kg) person :
2 mg

 

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