bismuth

It is also used in research and the making of other bismuth compounds.

Only one person has ever been reported to have died from bismuth poisoning.

There was no evidence of bismuth accumulation during the trial.

It is also a common starting point for bismuth chemistry.

Bismuth has few commercial applications, none of which is particularly large.

The results give further support to previous pilot studies with bismuth preparations.

It is used as a starting material to produce many other bismuth compounds.

The antibacterial properties of bismuth were not known until much later.

Bismuth is used in alloys with very low melting points.

The compounds are treated with chlorine to free up the bismuth.

Bismuth has been known since ancient times, so no one person is credited with its discovery.

The Incas were also using bismuth in knives by 1500.

Bismuth is not known to have a biological role.

Drugs based on bismuth may be making a comeback.

Bismuth and its minerals are too rare to be mined.

Bismuth fractures while Cobalt is more like a true metal.

The presence of bismuth is also suspected to be contributory.

There is less than 500 micrograms of bismuth in a typical 70-kilogram human.

All other isotopes beyond bismuth are relatively or very unstable.

The bismuth scattered in these uses is unrecoverable with present technology.

He got out his molecular spray and sprayed lead- bismuth over them.

Researchers began experimenting more than 50 years ago with bismuth in place of lead to make brass easier to process.

Not in atomic energy, as we do not have any elements above bismuth.

It can also be made by igniting powdered bismuth metal.

A very large amount of bismuth can poison the kidneys and liver, though.