Antimony
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- What is antimony? Antimony is a silvery-white metal that is found in the earth's crust.
- What is Antimony and how is it used? Antimony is a metal found in natural deposits as ores containing other elements.
- Metallic antimony is an extremely brittle metal of a flaky, crystalline texture.
- Antimony is a poor conductor of heat and electricity, it is stable in dry air and is not attacked by dilute acids or alkalis.
- Antimony is used as a hardening alloy for lead, especially storage batteries and cable sheaths, also used in bearing metal, type metal, solder, collapsible tubes and foil, sheet and pipes, and semiconductor technology.
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