This alien-like metal may one day power your electronics

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3 жыл бұрын

Bismuth has been around for thousands of years, yet it’s only been used in a handful of applications - and mostly to treat stomach ailments. But as the world looks for cleaner and safer energy, bismuth might soon become the star of the heavy metals family.
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@VergeScience 3 жыл бұрын

What other items currently made from lead could bismuth help replace?

@ahmadshahzad2664 3 жыл бұрын

Bismuth is that positive dude living together with a bunch of toxic roommates.

@icephoenix5466 3 жыл бұрын

I heard „never to replace“ and just know companies will not use it for just that exact reason

@aditchawria2134 3 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for graphene to take over the tech industry 😅

@filgas0892 3 жыл бұрын

Finally: gamer metal

@babywigeon 2 жыл бұрын

anyone else click on this bc they recognize bismuth from Steven Universe?

@crazy_wwww 3 жыл бұрын

i remember a chemistry teacher showing that bismuth is safe by swallowing a small sample of it

@DaveCS103 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, naturally RGB metal.

@jadelily18 3 жыл бұрын

I literally only know this exists because of steven universe lmao

@rottenpotato9290 3 жыл бұрын

Bismuth is like that one rapper that is finally getting attention for his talent.

@phungtu5202 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine in the future ppl would shake hands and say "It's a pleasure to do 'Bismuth' with u" while trading

@nujabeslistener 3 жыл бұрын

"Safe to eat, but also fun to play with"

@techstuf4637 3 жыл бұрын

Mike Tyson was ahead of his time. He knew it's true value. After one of his fights, I saw him lean over the guy he just knocked out, and said, "Been a plesha doin bismuth with ya."

@miriamrosemary9110 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the beautiful angular spirals before and bismuth became a real favorite of mine on the periodic table, but I didn't know one had to melt it first to get that effect. Thanks for teaching me new things! I'm honestly baffled as to why this element gets so little attention normally. And now it just became sooooo much more awesome and useful.

@kaitlyn__L 3 жыл бұрын

So, these indoor light harvesting devices will still need a small battery, which will have a finite lifetime. Unless the power consumption becomes so small that supercapacitors can handle it. So indoor light harvesting would just have two stages of inefficiency, one from your (hopefully) LED lights, and another for the bismuth semiconductor efficiency. Vs directly recharging at an infrequent interval.

@Yora21 3 жыл бұрын

Here's an application. Window shades made out of leightweigt bismuth solar panel strips.

@kylorokx1552 3 жыл бұрын

"Be smooth!"

@akeiai 3 жыл бұрын

this is why innovation is important, We can use a lot of materials that we thought is useless into something that we can use, and more. It shakes up industries.