Bismuth

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Description

Bismuth is a brittle, high-density, low melting point metal that has few uses in its pure state. When alloyed with other metals, on the other hand, it can be custom tailored for different applications such as fire alarms, solders and more. One of the most noticeable properties is that solid bismuth is lighter than the liquid (similar to ice and water), which means that when it solidifies it expands. This property has been classically used in type casting for printing presses, because the expanding metal fills every small crevice in the mould to produce perfectly shaped letters or numbers.

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Properties

General

Property	Temperature	Value
Density	20.0 °C	9.78 g/cm³ Show Material materials with Density of 9.78 g/cm³

Mechanical

Property	Temperature	Value
Elastic modulus	20.0 °C	32 GPa Show Material materials with Elastic modulus of 32 GPa
Hardness, Brinell	20.0 °C	94.2 [-] Show Material materials with Hardness, Brinell of 94.2 [-]
Poisson's ratio	20.0 °C	0.33 [-] Show Material materials with Poisson's ratio of 0.33 [-]
Tensile strength	20.0 °C	4 MPa Show Material materials with Tensile strength of 4 MPa

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value
Melting point		271.3 °C Show Material materials with Melting point of 271.3 °C
Specific heat capacity	20.0 °C	122 J/(kg·K) Show Material materials with Specific heat capacity of 122 J/(kg·K)
Thermal conductivity	20.0 °C	8 W/(m·K) Show Material materials with Thermal conductivity of 8 W/(m·K)

Electrical

Property	Temperature	Value
Electrical resistivity	20.0 °C	1.3E-6 Ω·m Show Material materials with Electrical resistivity of 1.3E-6 Ω·m