Antimony compounds are principally used as fire retardants, and its alloys are useful. An emerging application is the use of antimony in microelectronics.
no its not. Antimony is a pure element. Antimony is also a semimetal. (Semimetal is a class of elements.) You can find out more about Antimony here..
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Antimony sulfide was used cosmetically by Egyptians in 3100 BC. Ithas been found in Iraqi artifacts nearly as far back. Antimonywould not be isolated until 1540 by Italian met…allurgist VannoccioBiringuccio (MORE)
Antimony is a metalloid because it possesses qualities of metals and non-metals such as: a hard, extremely brittle, lustrous, silver-white, crystalline material.