INSOL IN COLD OR HOT WATER; SOL IN NITRIC ACID, AQUA REGIA, HOT SULFURIC ACID;SOL IN CONCENTRATED HYDROCHLORIC ACID
Color/Form
Gray white soft metal;HEXAGONAL SILVER-WHITE CRYSTALS;GRAYISH WHITE WITH REDDISH TINGE AND BRIGHT METALLIC LUSTER;PINKISH-SILVER, HARD, BRITTLE METAL
Complexity
0
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
1
EC Number
231-177-4
Exact Mass
208.9804g/mol
Formal Charge
0
H-Bond Acceptor
0
H-Bond Donor
0
Heat of Vaporization
178,632 J/mol
Heavy Atom Count
1
Monoisotopic Mass
208.9804g/mol
Other Experimental
POOR CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY; HAS GREATEST HALL EFFECT OF ANY METAL, THAT IS, ITS RESISTANCE INCREASES WHEN PLACED IN A MAGNETIC FIELD;MASS NUMBER (NATURAL ISOTOPES): 209; ATOMIC RADIUS= 1.46 A; IONIC (CRYSTAL) RADII= 1.20(+3)A; ELECTRONEGATIVITY (PAULING SCALE): 1.9;THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY (0.018 CAL/SEC/CC @ 250 °C) IS LOWEST OF ALL METALS EXCEPT MERCURY;EXPANDS 3.32% ON SOLIDIFICATION; ATOMIC NUMBER: 83;ORBITAL ELECTRONS: (XE)4F(14)-5D(10)65(2)-6P(3);COLD SOLN OF BI GIVE WHITE PPT: WITH SODIUM HYDROXIDE TURNING YELLOW ON BOILING; WITH HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOL IN EXCESS OF ACID;SENSITIVITY OF ATOMIC ABSORPTION: 0.22 UG/ML FOR 1% ABSORPTION IN AIR/C2H2 MIXTURE AT 2230.6 A;SOLN IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID OR NITRIC ACID YIELD WITH MUCH WATER A WHITE PPT BLACKENED BY HYDROGEN SULFIDES;WHEN HEATED IN AIR IT BURNS WITH A BLUE FLAME, FORMING YELLOW FUMES OF THE OXIDE;ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY HIGHER IN SOLID THAN IN LIQUID STATE; EXTRUDABLE @ 437 °F; BRINELL HARDNESS 7; HIGHLY DIAMAGNETIC (MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY -1.35X10+6);CONDUCTANCE IN SOLID STATE IS ONLY 0.48 OF LIQUID CONDUCTANCE;DULL GRAY POWDER; PARTICLES ARE OF NO GREATER DIAMETER THAN 15 U (0.015 MM); EASILY DISPERSED IN WATER /PRECIPITATED BISMUTH/
Rotatable Bond Count
0
Stability
SUPERFICIALLY OXIDIZED BY AIR, FREQUENTLY BECOMING IRIDESCENT;WHEN HEATED IN AIR IT FORMS BISMUTH TRIOXIDE
UNII
U015TT5I8H
Vapor Density
9.8
Vapor Pressure
78 mm Hg at 1266 °C; 7.8 mm at 1053 °C; 0.78 mm Hg at 893 °C;<0.1 mmHg
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