OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5082

antimony

/ˈæn.tɪ.mə.niː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
antimonio • estibio
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.
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…
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