How to Use bismuth in a Sentence

bismuth

noun
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  • Here, the stripe-forming process is driven by the forces at play among the bismuth atoms and the metal below.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2021
  • In each, the FN303 fired a non-toxic brittle metal bismuth, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs.
    — oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2022
  • This year, Boss improved its loads by plating its bismuth pellets with about 1 mm of copper.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2020
  • When the device is immersed in water, bismuth vanadate absorbs sunlight and triggers the process of splitting the water at the anode.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
  • At the time, according to Jefferson Lab, it was commonly thought that the bismuth present with cobalt was what gave the ceramics their color.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 27 June 2017
  • At the time, according to Jefferson Lab, it was commonly thought that the bismuth present with cobalt was what gave the ceramics their color.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017
  • The material, β-Bi2Pd, is a thin film of crystalline bismuth and palladium.
    — Jim Daley, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Sub-gauge guns are more popular than ever, mostly due to the advancement of tungsten and bismuth shotshells, which are more deadly than straight steel and even lead offerings.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2020
  • In the future, the photographer plans to test out more exotic thermites like bismuth trioxide and manganese dioxide.
    — Wired, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Such haphazard poisoning of our wildlife can be avoided if sport hunters switch to widely available non-toxic ammunition, such as steel, copper, and bismuth.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 25 Feb. 2016
  • Each of these devices has a cathode composed of a photovoltaic perovskite and a cobalt catalyst, and an anode made of the photocatalyst bismuth vanadate.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
  • Both Wood’s metal (an alloy of bismuth, lead, tin, and cadmium) and lead melt at relatively low temperatures that allow them to be used in casting without damaging the bone.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2014
  • The authors tested a variety of solvents (indium, bismuth, lead, silver, and more) as well as nickel, copper, and platinum catalysts.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2017
  • Their sample, made from barium, lead, bismuth and oxygen, was fully three-dimensional.
    — Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Scientific American, 21 June 2021
  • Goodyear is looking to use thermoelectric materials (like bismuth telluride and tin selenide), to generate electricity from the difference between the hottest and coolest parts of the rubber.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2015
  • Unleaded options include relatively cheap tin, bismuth and steel and more expensive tungsten.
    — John Myers, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Using more thermoelectrically efficient materials like bismuth telluride would boost the power output, but the advantage here is that the device is low cost, stretchable, and completely biodegradable.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2023

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