- white bismuth
- Sub-nitrate of bismuth.
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bismuth subnitrate — n a white bismuth containing powder Bi5O(OH)9(NO3)4 used in medicine similarly to bismuth subcarbonate * * * [USP] a basic salt, used as a pharmaceutic necessity in the preparation of compound resorcinol ointment … Medical dictionary
Bismuth — (pronEng|ˈbɪzməθ) is a chemical element that has the symbol Bi and atomic number 83. This heavy, brittle, white crystalline trivalent poor metal has a pink tinge and chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. Of all the metals, it is the most… … Wikipedia
Bismuth subcarbonate — Other names bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuthyl carbonate, bismutite Identifiers CAS number … Wikipedia
Bismuth — Bis muth, n. [Ger. bismuth, wismuth: cf. F. bismuth.] (Chem.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bismuth glance — Bismuth Bis muth, n. [Ger. bismuth, wismuth: cf. F. bismuth.] (Chem.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bismuth ocher — Bismuth Bis muth, n. [Ger. bismuth, wismuth: cf. F. bismuth.] (Chem.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bismuth subcarbonate — bismuth sub·car·bon·ate .səb kär bə .nāt, nət n a white or pale yellowish white powder that is a basic salt of varying composition obtained by reaction of a carbonate with a bismuth salt and used chiefly in treating gastrointestinal disorders,… … Medical dictionary
bismuth — 1660s, from obsolete Ger. Bismuth, also Wismut, Wissmuth (early 17c.), of unknown origin; perhaps a miner s contraction of wis mat white mass, from O.H.G. hwiz white. Latinized 1530 by Georgius Agricola (who may have been the first to recognize… … Etymology dictionary
bismuth — Symbol: Bi Atomic number: 83 Atomic weight: 208.980 White crystalline metal with a pink tinge, belongs to group 15. Most diamagnetic of all metals and has the lowest thermal conductivity of all the elements except mercury. Lead free bismuth… … Elements of periodic system
bismuth — [biz′məth] n. [< ModL bisemutum < Ger wismut, earlier wesemut < ?] a hard, brittle, metallic chemical element that is grayish white with a tinge of red, used chiefly in making alloys of low melting point and in medicine: symbol, Bi; at.… … English World dictionary
