antimony

en-noun

antimony (countable and uncountable, plural antimonies)

From Medieval Latin antimonium , attested in the 11th century; see also the Wikipedia section.

Deep in the Salmon River Mountains, an Idaho mining company, Perpetua Resources, is proposing a vast open-pit gold mine that would also produce 115 million pounds of antimony — an element that may be critical to manufacturing the high-capacity liquid-metal batteries of the future.

2021 December 27, Jack Healy, Mike Baker, “As Miners Chase Clean-Energy Minerals, Tribes Fear a Repeat of the Past”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.


Britannia metal

An alloy of tin with copper and antimony, somewhat like pewter.


antimonide

Colani (1907b) prepared uranium arsenide and antimonide by methods similar to the one he used for the preparation of phosphide.

1951, Joseph J. Katz, Eugene Rabinowitch, The Chemistry of Uranium: The Element, Its Binary and Related Compounds, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc., page 241:

(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of antimony with more electropositive elements.

antimonid

any compound of antimony with more electropositive elements


stibic

en-adj

stibic (comparative more stibic, superlative most stibic)

more stibic (comparative)
most stibic (superlative)


stibium

From Latin stibium (“antimony”), which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi), itself originating from Egyptian s-d-m-N33C:Z2ss (sdm).

2019 Dec 12, Subramanyan & Aravindan, 'Stibium: A Promising Electrode toward Building High-Performance Na-Ion Full-Cells', Chem, volume 5, issue 12.


antimonic acid

(inorganic chemistry) The antimony analog of phosphoric acid, H₃SbO₄


antimonate

(inorganic chemistry) Any salt or ester of antimonic acid; the anion SbO₄³⁻


antimoniuretted hydrogen

(obsolete, inorganic chemistry) stibine.


stibine

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(inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry) antimony hydride, SbH₃; a poisonous gas, sometimes used as a fumigant; any organic derivative of this compound.


stibane

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(chemistry) any hydride of antimony, of general formula SbₙHₙ₊₂


stib-

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antimonic

(inorganic chemistry) Containing pentavalent antimony.


antimonious

(inorganic chemistry) Containing trivalent antimony.


antimonous

antimonous (comparative more antimonous, superlative most antimonous)

more antimonous (comparative)
most antimonous (superlative)

(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of antimonious


kohl

From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”). Doublet of alcohol and alcool.

der

A dark powder, usually powdered antimony, used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite.


butter of antimony

antimony trichloride
antimony trichloride

(obsolete, inorganic chemistry) antimony trichloride


stibnite

en-noun

stibnite (countable and uncountable, plural stibnites)

From Latin stibium, from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi).

The eye-paint used from immemorial times in Egypt is usually held to be stibnite.

1955, Robert James Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology, volume 9, E. J. Brill, page 176:

A grey mineral, Sb₂S₃, that is the main ore of antimony; used in ancient times as the cosmetic kohl.


germanium antimony telluride

germanium antimony telluride (uncountable)

(chemistry) A chalcogenide glass, of approximate composition Ge₂Sb₂Te₅, used in rewritable DVDs; it changes phase from crystalline to amorphous when heated by a laser


antimony trichloride

(inorganic chemistry) A soft, colourless solid, SbCl₃, that has some use as an analytical reagent


antimonite

antimonite (countable and uncountable, plural antimonites)

(mineralogy) A grey mineral, antimony sulfide (Sb₂S₃) that is the main source of antimony; stibnite

antimoniitti

a grey mineral that is the main source of antimony


organostibine

(organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of stibine having at lease one carbon to antimony bond


antimonyl

(inorganic chemistry) Either the radical SbO- or the cation SbO⁺ containing antimony and oxygen

antimonile

either the radical SbO- or the cation SbO+


nagyagite

Named after Nagyág, a mineral mine in Săcărâmb, Romania.

(mineralogy) A dark grey to black sulfide, formula (Pb₅Au(Te,Sb)₄S₅₋₈).


potassium antimonyl tartrate

potassium antimonyl tartrate (uncountable)

(inorganic chemistry) The salt commonly known as tartar emetic


tartar emetic

potassium antimonyl tartrate
potassium antimonyl tartrate

(medicine) A poisonous salt, potassium antimonyl tartrate, used as an expectorant.


antimonial

(dated, chemistry, pharmacology) Of or pertaining to antimony.


antimoniferous

en-adj

antimoniferous (comparative more antimoniferous, superlative most antimoniferous)

more antimoniferous (comparative)
most antimoniferous (superlative)

(geology) Containing or producing antimony.


antimonatian

antimonatian (comparative more antimonatian, superlative most antimonatian)

more antimonatian (comparative)
most antimonatian (superlative)

(mineralogy) Containing antimonate anions.


antimonian

antimonian (comparative more antimonian, superlative most antimonian)

more antimonian (comparative)
most antimonian (superlative)

(mineralogy) Containing pentavalent antimony cations.


antimonoan

antimonoan (comparative more antimonoan, superlative most antimonoan)

more antimonoan (comparative)
most antimonoan (superlative)

(mineralogy) Containing trivalent antimony cations.


antimoniate

(inorganic chemistry) The anion of pentavalent antimony Sb(OH)₄⁻ or any salt containing this anion. It is most commonly encountered as a complex in the drug meglumine antimoniate

antimoniato

the anion of pentavalent antimony Sb(OH)4- or any salt containing this anion


valentinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic antimony oxide mineral.


kermesite

en-noun

kermesite (usually uncountable, plural kermesites)

From kermes + -ite.
Named after the dye kermes, and named thus, owing to the grainy reddish hue that the mineral often has. The name dates from 1832.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, oxygen, and sulfur.


livingstonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, mercury, and sulfur.


James's powder

Named after Dr. Robert James, an English physician.

(medicine, archaic) A powder consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts calcium phosphate, once falsely claimed to have medical benefits.


Naples yellow

Naples yellow (countable and uncountable, plural Naples yellows)

Naples yellow:


antimoniated

antimoniated tartar or silver

(archaic, chemistry) Combined or prepared with antimony.


antimoniuretted

(chemistry) Combined with or containing antimony.


flowers of antimony

(obsolete, inorganic chemistry) antimony trioxide


mercury of life

(obsolete, inorganic chemistry) butter of antimony, antimony trichloride


fluoroantimonic acid

An ionic liquid created by reacting hydrogen fluoride with antimony pentafluoride in stoichiometrically equivalent amounts.


organoantimony

(organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to antimony bond


antimonial powder

antimonial powder (countable and uncountable, plural antimonial powders)

(medicine) A preparation of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium.


black antimony

The black sulfide of antimony, Sb₂S₃, used in pyrotechnics, etc.


glass of antimony

A vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulfide.


kohl pencil

A make-up pencil with a kohl core, which can be sharpened in the usual manner, used for enhancing the eyes.


tetraantimonide

(inorganic chemistry) Any antimonide containing four atoms of antimony per molecule, Sb₄.


antimoniuret

From antimony + -uret, attested since 1822, displaced by antimonide in the 1850s and obsolete by 1900s.


liver of antimony

From a supposed resemblance to the color of animals' livers.

CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.

1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:

The crocus metallorum, or liver of antimony, was a violent cathartic and emetic.

The Lexicon Technicum... refers to ‘Crocus Metallorum’ or Liver of Antimony made by firing equal parts of powder of antimony and saltpetre.

2000, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, number 90, page 31:

antimony sulfide
antimony sulfide#English

(alchemy, obsolete chemistry) Synonym of antimony sulfide.


antimony pentoxide

(inorganic chemistry) An oxide compound of antimony with the chemical formula Sb₂O₅.