This is bismuth — a natural chemical element that chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. But there’s a catch with this crystal. While bismuth occurs naturally in the Earth’s crust ...

KIT researchers lay the foundation for new materials and chemical processes by synthesizing an unusual molecule. Researchers ...

and the unusual shape of its crystals. The unexpected diamagnetism is no exception. "Even though bismuth has the unpaired electrons in its 6p orbital, because of relativistic contraction of the 6s ...

They mention that crystals of bismuth and antimony have not yet been studied. For some time I have been engaged on an investigation of the thermal expansion of bismuth crystals from ordinary ...

and bismite (bismuth oxide), but also occurs in its elemental state, in the form of crystals with an oxide layer of varying width that reflects iridescent colours (pictured). It is commonly ...

Admittedly, we have a pretty low bar for that kind of stuff, but eye candy aside, [Robin Debreuil]’s quick outline of his technique for desoldering with the help of bismuth is worth watching.