Antimony


 * Element Name:** Antimony


 * Element Symbol:** Sb


 * Atomic Mass:** 122


 * Atomic Number:** 51


 * Protons:** 51


 * Electrons:** 51


 * Discovery:** As early as 3000 B.C,but nobody has credit for discoving antimony.


 * How It Was Named:** [[image:antimony.png width="216" height="288" align="right"]]Its name comes from the greek word "Anti+ Monos" meaning not alone.


 * State Of Matter:** Solid


 * Melting Point:** 630.63°C


 * Boiling Point:** 1587°C


 * Characteristics:**
 * Soft Metal
 * Silver-Metal
 * Shining-Metal
 * Explosive
 * Slowly cooled


 * Use Of Element:** Medical, In the heads of some safety matches and nuclear reactor together with beryllium as start up neutron sources.


 * Interesting Fact:**Antimony is a brittle metal and is a poor conductor of heat and electricity;The ancient Egyptians used antimony, in the form of stibnite, for black eye make-up.

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