April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

Though bismuth’s flanked by toxic mates, pink-tinged it sits benign,
For longer lasting lives by half, choose bismuth-209.
Helps Wood’s to melt and make it rain,
GROUP 15 METAL
Bismuth is a brittle and slightly pink-tinged silvery metal that is quite harmless and benign in nature—admirable qualities for such a heavy metal. These characteristics are in stark contrast to bismuth’s immediate neighbors in row 6 on the periodic table: lead (an element ...