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Page 122
... antimony have been estimated to date from about 4000 BC . The Old Testament tells of Queen Jezebel using the naturally occurring sulfide of antimony to beautify her eyes . Pliny , during the 1st cen- tury AD , wrote of seven different ...
... antimony have been estimated to date from about 4000 BC . The Old Testament tells of Queen Jezebel using the naturally occurring sulfide of antimony to beautify her eyes . Pliny , during the 1st cen- tury AD , wrote of seven different ...
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... ANTIMONY Occurrence and distribution . Antimony is about one- fifth as abundant as arsenic , contributing on the average about one gram to every ton of the earth's crust . Its cosmic abundance is estimated as about one atom to every ...
... ANTIMONY Occurrence and distribution . Antimony is about one- fifth as abundant as arsenic , contributing on the average about one gram to every ton of the earth's crust . Its cosmic abundance is estimated as about one atom to every ...
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... Antimony pentafluoride , SbF . , resembles the corresponding phosphorus and arsenic compounds except that , instead of being gaseous , it is a liquid boiling at 149 ° C. It can be formed by reaction of hydrofluoric acid with antimony ...
... Antimony pentafluoride , SbF . , resembles the corresponding phosphorus and arsenic compounds except that , instead of being gaseous , it is a liquid boiling at 149 ° C. It can be formed by reaction of hydrofluoric acid with antimony ...
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