![]() In such way, one of the main current applications of Antimony was found several centuries ago. ![]() The famous European medieval metallurgist Agricola wrote that by the way of smelting, if a particular portion of Antimony is combined with lead, a typographical alloy, which is used in making fonts and printing books can be made. They learned how to smelt regulus antimony from it, which was considered as a semimetal. In ancient European countries this mineral was the only known. The Greek word stibi initially was related not to Antimony, but to its most important mineral antimony trisulfide. In ancient Greece it was known as stimi and stibi from which came the name stibium and in 12-14 century B.C. it was already used as form of cosmetics, where antimony trisulfide ( Sb2S3) was used as a paste to darken the eyebrows, lashes of eye perimeter. In ancient Egypt in the in the nineteenth century B.C. In eastern countries it was used approximately as early as 3000 years B.C. Antimony is mostly found with other elements and “Antimony was recognized in compounds by the ancients and was known as a metal at the beginning of the 17th century and possibly much earlier” (Appendix 1.) History and Historical SignificanceĪntimony is known from ancient times. ![]() Historians considers, that the first production of antimony occurred in the ancient East five thousand years ago. As an element, it is essential not only for technology, but also for universal culture. OverviewĪntimony,, is a semi-metallic chemical element, which “exists in two allotropic forms the more common is silvery blue-white and has a rhombohedra crystalline structure.” (“Antimony”) This element has an interesting history, and interesting characteristics. The paper analyzes its discovery and significance throughout history, as well as providing the biological importance and modern usage. This paper takes the role of introducing one of such elements which is called Antimony. ![]() Many elements, although being widely used, are left unrecognized. Despite the popularity of the periodic table, ordinary people who are less familiar with the subject of Chemistry recognize only the most popular elements of it. ![]()
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