A portrait of bismuth is available on the Visual Elements site. Up to 200 individual items of information on this element are available in The Elements.
| Bi | Bismuth |
Atomic number : 83
Relative atomic mass (12C = 12.0000) : 208.98037 |
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Group 15 metal Density / kg m-3 : 9747 [293 K]; 10 050 [liquid at m.p.] |
Melting point / K : 544.5 Boiling point / K : 1883 ± 5 |
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Known in the fifteenth century, discoverer unknown. |
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Abundances Sun (relative to H = 1 × 1012) : < 80 Earth's crust / p.p.m. : 0.048 Residence time / years : n.a. Classification : scavenged Oxidation state : III |
Seawater / p.p.m. : Atlantic surface : 5.1 × 10-8 Atlantic deep : n.a. Pacific surface : 4 × 10-8 Pacific deep : 0.4 × 10-8 |
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Level in humans Blood / mg dm-3 : c. 0.016 Bone / p.p.m. : < 0.2 Liver / p.p.m. : 0.015 - 0.33 Muscle / p.p.m. : 0.032 |
Daily dietary intake : 0.005 - 0.02 mg Total mass of element in average (70 kg) person : < 0.5 mg |
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A portrait of bismuth is available on the Visual Elements site. Up to 200 individual items of information on this element are available in The Elements. |