antimony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: antimony	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antimony n a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite Synonym(s): antimony, Sb, atomic number 51
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antimony \An"timony\ (?; 112), n. [LL. antimonium, of unknown origin.] (Chem.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb. Note: It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the sti`mmi of the Greeks, a sulphide of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of antimony.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Antimony, UT (town, FIPS 1860) Location: 38.10089 N, 111.98358 W Population (1990): 83 (59 housing units) Area: 26.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84712
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
antimony Symbol: Sb Atomic number: 51 Atomic weight: 121.75 Element of group 15. Multiple allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metal. Yellow and black antimony are unstable non-metals. Used in flame-proofing, paints, ceramics, enamels, and rubber. Attacked by oxidizing acids and halogens. First reported by Tholden in 1450.