bismuth vs arsenic vs antimony

bismuth (chemical element) | arsenic (chemical element) | antimony (chemical element)

Periodic table location

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| bismuth | arsenic | antimony atomic symbol | Bi | As | Sb atomic number | 83 | 33 | 51 short electronic configuration | [Xe]6s^24f^145d^106p^3 | [Ar]4s^23d^104p^3 | [Kr]5s^24d^105p^3 Aufbau diagram | 6p 5d 4f 6s | 4p 3d 4s | 5p 4d 5s block | p | p | p group | 15 | 15 | 15 period | 6 | 4 | 5 atomic mass | 208.9804 u | 74.921595 u | 121.76 u half-life | 1.9×10^19 yr | (stable) | (stable)

| bismuth | arsenic | antimony phase at STP | solid | solid | solid melting point | 271.3 °C | 817 °C | 630.63 °C boiling point | 1564 °C | 614 °C | 1587 °C molar heat of fusion | 10.9 kJ/mol | 27.7 kJ/mol | 19.7 kJ/mol molar heat of vaporization | 160 kJ/mol | 32.4 kJ/mol | 68 kJ/mol specific heat at STP | 122 J/(kg K) | 328 J/(kg K) | 207 J/(kg K) (properties at standard conditions)

| bismuth | arsenic | antimony density | 9.78 g/cm^3 | 5.727 g/cm^3 | 6.697 g/cm^3 liquid density | 10.05 g/cm^3 | 5.22 g/cm^3 | 6.53 g/cm^3 molar volume | 21.37 cm^3/mol | 13.08 cm^3/mol | 18.18 cm^3/mol Mohs hardness | 2.25 (between gypsum and calcite) | 3.5 (between calcite and fluorite) | 3 (≈ calcite) Vickers hardness | | 1510 MPa | Brinell hardness | 94.2 MPa | 1440 MPa | 294 MPa bulk modulus | 31 GPa | 22 GPa | 42 GPa shear modulus | 12 GPa | | 20 GPa Young's modulus | 32 GPa | 8 GPa | 55 GPa Poisson ratio | 0.33 | | ultimate tensile strength | | | 11 MPa refractive index | | 1.001552 | sound speed | 1790 m/s | | 3420 m/s thermal expansion | 1.34×10^-5 K^(-1) | | 1.1×10^-5 K^(-1) thermal conductivity | 8 W/(m K) | 50 W/(m K) | 24 W/(m K) (properties at standard conditions)

| bismuth | arsenic | antimony electrical type | conductor | conductor | conductor resistivity | 1.3×10^-6 Ω m (ohm meters) | 3×10^-7 Ω m (ohm meters) | 4×10^-7 Ω m (ohm meters) electrical conductivity | 770000 S/m (siemens per meter) | 3.3×10^6 S/m (siemens per meter) | 2.5×10^6 S/m (siemens per meter) magnetic type | diamagnetic | diamagnetic | diamagnetic volume magnetic susceptibility | -1.7×10^-4 | -2.23×10^-5 | -7.3×10^-5 mass magnetic susceptibility | -1.7×10^-8 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -3.9×10^-9 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) | -1.09×10^-8 m^3/kg (cubic meters per kilogram) molar magnetic susceptibility | -3.6×10^-9 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -2.92×10^-10 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) | -1.327×10^-9 m^3/mol (cubic meters per mole) work function | 4.34 eV (Polycrystalline) | 3.75 eV (Polycrystalline) | (4.55 to 4.7) eV threshold frequency | 1.049×10^15 Hz (hertz) | 9.067×10^14 Hz (hertz) | (1.1×10^15 to 1.136×10^15) Hz (hertz) color | (gray) | (silver) | (silver) refractive index | | 1.001552 |

| bismuth | arsenic | antimony valence | 5 | 5 | 5 electronegativity | 2.02 | 2.18 | 2.05 electron affinity | 91.2 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 78 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 103.2 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) first ionization energy | 703 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 947 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) | 834 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole) ionization energies | 703 kJ/mol | 1610 kJ/mol | 2466 kJ/mol | 4370 kJ/mol | 5400 kJ/mol | 8520 kJ/mol | 947 kJ/mol | 1798 kJ/mol | 2735 kJ/mol | 4837 kJ/mol | 6043 kJ/mol | 12310 kJ/mol | 834 kJ/mol | 1594.9 kJ/mol | 2440 kJ/mol | 4260 kJ/mol | 5400 kJ/mol | 10400 kJ/mol

Reactivity

| bismuth | arsenic | antimony term symbol | ^4S_(3/2) | ^4S_(3/2) | ^4S_(3/2) atomic radius | 160 pm | 115 pm | 145 pm covalent radius | 148 pm | 119 pm | 139 pm van der Waals radius | | 185 pm | (electronic ground state properties)

| bismuth | arsenic | antimony universe abundance | 7×10^-8 mass% | 8×10^-7 mass% | 4×10^-8 mass% solar abundance | 1×10^-6 mass% | | 1×10^-7 mass% meteorite abundance | 6.9×10^-6 mass% | 1.8×10^-4 mass% | 1.2×10^-5 mass% crust abundance | 2.5×10^-6 mass% | 2.1×10^-4 mass% | 2×10^-5 mass% ocean abundance | 2×10^-9 mass% | 2.3×10^-7 mass% | 2×10^-8 mass% human abundance | | 5×10^-6 mass% | universe molar abundance | 4×10^-10 mol% | 1×10^-8 mol% | 4×10^-10 mol% solar molar abundance | 7×10^-9 mol% | | 9.9×10^-10 mol% meteorite molar abundance | 5×10^-7 mol% | 4.6×10^-5 mol% | 2×10^-6 mol% ocean molar abundance | 5.9×10^-11 mol% | 1.9×10^-8 mol% | 1×10^-9 mol% crust molar abundance | 2×10^-7 mol% | 5.8×10^-5 mol% | 3×10^-6 mol% human molar abundance | | 4×10^-7 mol% |