Bismuth was discovered by Claude Geoffroy of France in 1753.
Name: Bismuth
Symbol: Bi
Atomic number: 83
Atomic weight: 208.98
State: solid
Group, period, block: 15, 6, p
Color: lustrous silver
Classification: post-transition metal
Electron configuration: 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p3
2,8,18,32,18,5
Physical properties
Density: 9.78 g/cm-3
Melting point: 544.7 K,271.5 °C,520.7 °F
Boiling point: 1837 K,1564 °C,2847 °F
Atomic properties
Oxidation states: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Electronegativity: 2.02 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies: 1st: 703 kJ·mol-1
Covalent radius: 148±4 pm
Van der Waals radius: 207 pm
- Bi
Electron Configuration
Isotopes
There is one naturally occurring isotope of bismuth exists, 209Bi.