Bismuth is one of the common metallic elements in the periodic table. Moreover it has a silverish color, with patterns of brighter bits forming (i think it is tied to that?) due to the crystalic type there being rhomboedric (made of rhomboid parts, with all inner angles being equal).
Also i read it starts deteriorating/boiling at a very high temperature (a bit over 1500 Celsius).
It also seems to be particularly (?) good at serving as a medium for wave-expanding sound.
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I am asking for facts-checking on the above (read them in wiki), and also any other interesting quality of that element...
I am using this element in the periphery of a new short story of mine, and while i don't really have to focus at all on the actual chemical qualities, i want to get them correct due to metaphoric ties there to what is going on in the story. The work is about a chemical teacher at late highschool, who seems very agitated by the mere mention of that chemical element (btw, based on a true story it will be infinitely grimmer in my fictional account, though).
A pic of Bismuthian crystal, just before people gave up on explaining the color out of space:
Also i read it starts deteriorating/boiling at a very high temperature (a bit over 1500 Celsius).
It also seems to be particularly (?) good at serving as a medium for wave-expanding sound.
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I am asking for facts-checking on the above (read them in wiki), and also any other interesting quality of that element...
I am using this element in the periphery of a new short story of mine, and while i don't really have to focus at all on the actual chemical qualities, i want to get them correct due to metaphoric ties there to what is going on in the story. The work is about a chemical teacher at late highschool, who seems very agitated by the mere mention of that chemical element (btw, based on a true story it will be infinitely grimmer in my fictional account, though).
A pic of Bismuthian crystal, just before people gave up on explaining the color out of space: