The sample is about 4x5 cm and is from Consols mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. This sample of antimony is displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. In the mineral dyscrasite, silver bonds directly to antimony in the form Ag 3Sb.Īntimony is found in the silicate mineral Langbanite along with manganese, iron and calcium.Ī chloride of lead and antimony is nadorite, PbSbO 2Cl.Īntimony is one of the few elements which can be found in nature in pure form. Stibarsen, SbAs, is a silvery mineral with a metallic luster. For example, Cs is in row 6 from the top so we will continue after the noble gas core with the 6s orbital, whereas Sb is in row 5 from the top so we will. Antimony and titanium are contained in the oxide romeite. An oxide of antimony and tantalum is stibiotantalite. Antimony with copper and silver form the sulfide polybasite.Īntimony oxide, Sb 2O 3, forms the minerals valentinite and senarmontite. There are 2 electrons in the 5s subshell and 3 electrons in the 5p. The 5 th energy level contains 5s and 5p subshells. In the above electron configuration, the highest energy level (5) is marked with green color. Second, find highest energy level in electron configuration. Silver joins with lead and antimony in the sulfide andorite, AgPbSb 3S 6. The electron configuration of antimony is Kr 5s 2 4d 10 5p 3. Tennantite is a sulfide which contains antimony, copper, iron and arsenic.Antimony is found in the mineral nagyagite, a sulfide, along with lead, iron, gold, and tellurium. Bournonite is a sulfide with copper, lead and antimony. A sulfide formed with tin and lead is called franckeite. A sulfide formed with tin, iron and lead is called cylindrite. A sulfide formed with lead and arsenic is called jordanite. The sulfide formed with nickel is called ullmannite. And the condensed/abbreviated electron configuration of antimony is: Kr 5s 2 4d 10 5p 3. It also forms sulfides with silver called Stephanite, miargyrite and pyrargyrite. So the final electron configuration of antimony is: 1s 2 2s 2 2p 6 3s 2 3p 6 4s 2 3d 10 4p 6 5s 2 4d 10 5p 3. Antimony forms sulfides with lead called zinkenite, plagionite, semseyite and boulangerite. A sulfide with iron forms the mineral berthierite and with copper the mineral chalcostibite, CuSbS 2. A sulfide of antimony along with copper and iron is called tetrahedrite. Antimony forms a sulfide with lead and iron called Jamesonite. Antimony forms the sulfide kermesite, Sb 2OS 2. One mineral source of antimony is its sulfide contained in the mineral stibnite.Īntimony forms multiple sulfide minerals. Antimony is also used as a constituent of other alloys for uses like the grids in storage batteries and for bearings. The expansion upon solidifying gives sharp reproduction of type characters in the molds. It has the property of expanding upon freezing, and its main application has been as a constituent of type metal (82% lead, 15% antimony, 3% tin). Antimony is a brittle metal, silvery gray in color.

Antimony electron configuration