Antimony

Definitions

1. A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.
   countable, uncountable
2. The alloy stibnite.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Deep in the Salmon River Mountains, an Idaho mining company, Perpetua Resources, is proposing a vast open-pit gold mine that would also produce⟳ 115 million pounds of antimony — an element that may be critical to manufacturing the high-capacity liquid-metal batteries of the future.”

“In quality synergistic additives in a composition use⟳ oxide antimonies.”

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