Antimony is widely used in the production of materials for electronics, as well as metal alloys resistant to corrosion and high temperatures. "Antimony melt is interesting because near the melting ...

The final optical contrast between crystal and glass, as observed in the refractive index, only forms after strong cooling in the supercooled liquid (in liquid antimony below the melting temperature), ...

"We investigated antimony as an elemental model system for phase change materials. It has a similar structure to germanium telluride, but consists of only one type of atom," says Professor Schnohr.

This is bismuth — a natural chemical element that chemically resembles arsenic and antimony ... with beautifully iridescent crystals. The crystal structure of bismuth is noteworthy.

The mineral's structure includes checkerboard-like sheets of antimony and oxygen nestled against bismuth atoms, according to ZME Science. Inside the crystal, hollow inclusions called 'en echelon ...