: a metallic element that is used in alloys, pharmaceuticals (especially bismuth subsalicylate), and in pigments for cosmetics see Chemical Elements Table
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But its popularity has been significantly diminished by the advancement of 3 1/2 inch 12 gauges and non-toxic shot, particularly the affordability of some bismuth loads that are almost equal in price to premium steel shotshells.
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Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2024
In a recent study led by Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, engineers coated battery parts with bismuth and rust, which protected against dendrites.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
In the first cell, a bismuth electrode releases protons that separates CO2 from the carbonates and bicarbonates in the water, while a silver chloride electrode releases chloride ions to balance charge.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2023
Chang stressed that the levitation observed does not necessarily mean that the material is a superconductor—there are many materials that exhibit strong diamagnetism, which could be hard to distinguish from perfect diamagnetism, that are not superconductors, such as bismuth and graphite.
—Will Henshall, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
Not surprisingly, many of the elements that like to bond with sulfur were there: copper, lead, bismuth, tin as well as more exotic elements like lithium, uranium and niobium (the latter three at less than one part per million).
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
Each of these devices has a cathode composed of a photovoltaic perovskite and a cobalt catalyst, and an anode made of the photocatalyst bismuth vanadate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
When the device is immersed in water, bismuth vanadate absorbs sunlight and triggers the process of splitting the water at the anode.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
The survey will be concentrated in an area of South-Central Alabama known as the Graphite Belt, and look for minerals such as aluminum, arsenic, bismuth, cobalt, germanium, graphite, rare earth metals, tin, tungsten, vanadium and others.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 5 May 2023
Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2024
In a recent study led by Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, engineers coated battery parts with bismuth and rust, which protected against dendrites.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
In the first cell, a bismuth electrode releases protons that separates CO2 from the carbonates and bicarbonates in the water, while a silver chloride electrode releases chloride ions to balance charge.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2023
Chang stressed that the levitation observed does not necessarily mean that the material is a superconductor—there are many materials that exhibit strong diamagnetism, which could be hard to distinguish from perfect diamagnetism, that are not superconductors, such as bismuth and graphite.
—Will Henshall, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
Not surprisingly, many of the elements that like to bond with sulfur were there: copper, lead, bismuth, tin as well as more exotic elements like lithium, uranium and niobium (the latter three at less than one part per million).
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
Each of these devices has a cathode composed of a photovoltaic perovskite and a cobalt catalyst, and an anode made of the photocatalyst bismuth vanadate.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
When the device is immersed in water, bismuth vanadate absorbs sunlight and triggers the process of splitting the water at the anode.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
The survey will be concentrated in an area of South-Central Alabama known as the Graphite Belt, and look for minerals such as aluminum, arsenic, bismuth, cobalt, germanium, graphite, rare earth metals, tin, tungsten, vanadium and others.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 5 May 2023
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bismuth
noun
bis·muth
ˈbiz-məth 
: a heavy brittle grayish white chiefly trivalent metallic element that is chemically like arsenic and antimony and that is used in alloys and pharmaceuticals
—symbol Bi
see Chemical Elements Table
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