Shepherd,+Michael


 * BISMUTH

__ATOMIC NUMBER__** 83

209.0
 * __ATOMIC MASS__**

LIQUID
 * __BISMUTH IS A__**

METAL
 * __TYPE OF METAL__**

Bismuth is a rare yet intersting element in rocks on earth**.** Its halogenated compounds are fairly volatile (as are halogenated compounds of Pb and Po) and it is released fairly effectively to the gas phase during volcanic eruptions (with an efficiency of degassing of about 20%). It has a short lived number radioaction that occur naturally.