Antimony is used in flame-proofing,paints,ceramics,enamels,a wide variety of alloys,electronics,and rubber. Antimony in its elemental form is a silvery white,brittle,fusible,crystalline solid that exhibits poor electrical and heat conductivity properties and vaporizes at low temperatures. A metalloid,antimony resembles a metal in its appearance and in many of its physical properties,but does not chemically react as a metal. It is also attacked by oxidizing acids and halogens. Antimony and some of its alloys are unusual in that they expand on cooling. Antimony is geochemically categorized as a chalcophile,occurring with sulfur and the heavy metals lead,copper,and silver | |
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