Interesting Antimony Facts: Antimony was used in ancient Egypt as a form of eyeliner (kohl). Other items made of antimony have been found dating back to 3000 BC in Chaldea (Iraq). The first published report on how to isolate antimony was by Vannoccio Biringuccio in 1540. read more
Properties of antimony. Antimony is a silvery, lustrous gray metal. It is in the metalloid group of elements. It is a poor conductor of heat and electricity. The metal and its compound forms can be toxic. [See Periodic Table of the Elements] Sources of antimony. Antimony is a rare element but can sometimes be found naturally. read more
People please: Stop talking of unknown facts. If there was something unknown about an element we would not call it a fact! Because a fact is known already! ;-) How should we tell you about something unknown. If it’S unknown we would not know it exists! So we could not tell you even if we wanted to. read more
Interesting Antimony Facts: Antimony was used in ancient Egypt as a form of eyeliner (kohl). Other items made of antimony have been found dating back to 3000 BC in Chaldea (Iraq). read more