[NightHawkInLight] has been playing around with the diamagnetic properties of bismuth. Diamagnetic materials get a lot of attention due to their strange ability to produce the opposite of the ...
These relativistic effects are responsible for many of bismuth's surprising properties, such as its unconventional superconductivity, its very low melting point (520.7 degrees Fahrenheit, or 271.5 ...
and bismite (bismuth oxide), but also occurs in its elemental state, in the form of crystals with an oxide layer of varying width that reflects iridescent colours (pictured). It is commonly ...