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Antimony
About: Antimony is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11450 publications have been published within this topic receiving 155660 citations. The topic is also known as: Sb & element 51.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the optical properties of these films are investigated in the entire UV-Visible-IR region (0.2 - 10 mikrom). The observed absorption edge lies at 3.65 eV for undoped tin oxide and on doping it shifts towards higher energies, which is due to the Moss-Burstein effect.
Abstract: Undoped, fluorine doped and antimony doped tin oxide films are prepared on quartz plates by Spray pyrolysis technique. The films grown at the optimum substrate temperature with different doping levels have been chosen for this study. Optical properties of these films are investigated in the entire UV-Visible -IR region (0.2 - 10 mikrom). The observed absorption edge lies at 3.65 eV for undoped tin oxide and on doping it shifts towards higher energies, which is due to the Moss - Burstein effect. For fluorine doping depending upon the fluorine concentration, the absorption edge lies in the range 3.9 - 4.14 eV and for antimony doping it lies in the range 3.82 - 4.1 eV. In the undoped tin oxide films the direct allowed transition occurs at 4.02 eV and indirect allowed transition occurs at 2.43 eV, whereas for fluorine doped tin oxide and antimony doped tin oxide films, the direct allowed transitions occur in the range 4.18 - 4.28 and 4.13 - 4.22 eV respectively and the indirect allowed transitions occur in the range 2.63 - 2.73 and 2.54 - 2.65 eV respectively. Optical properties near the plasma edge have been analyzed using Drude's theory. The dependence of effective mass on carrier concentration has been explained on the basis of nonparabolicity of the conduction band. The shift in the fermi energy, calculated on the basis of energy dependent effective mass, is consistent with the measured shift in the absorption edge.
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TL;DR: Antimony and arsenic are potentially toxic in the environment when dissolved in water at low levels (<0·01 mg/l) as mentioned in this paper, and they are commonly mobilised into the environment from mesothermal mineral deposits.
Abstract: Antimony and arsenic are commonly mobilised into the environment from mesothermal mineral deposits. Both these metalloids are potentially toxic in the environment when dissolved in water at low levels (<0·01 mg/l). Mobility of antimony, in comparison to that of arsenic, is documented at mine sites in four different mesothermal systems in low grade Palaeozoic-Mesozoic metamorphic terranes of New Zealand (Globe Hill, Reefton; Macraes, Otago; and Endeavour Inlet, Marlborough) and Australia (Hillgrove, New South Wales). Dissolved antimony can reach ~50 mg/kg in mine waters where evaporative concentration occurs in oxidised near-neutral pH mine waters in contact with stibnite. Such waters are chemically saturated with respect to antimony oxides, and antimony oxide precipitation occurs locally. Most mine waters have lower dissolved Sb concentrations, especially where high rainfall causes dilution. However, high rainfall areas have widespread diffuse mobilisation of both Sb and As to give elevated backgr...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the x-ray diffraction pattern analysis based on the Rietveld method demonstrates that ultrasound can convert the structure of Sb2S3 from amorphous phase to crystalline phase.
Abstract: Spindlelike, rodlike, starlike, and spherical antimony sulfide (Sb2S3) microcrystallites have successfully been synthesized via a sonochemical method at room temperature. The x-ray diffraction pattern analysis based on the Rietveld method demonstrates that ultrasound can convert the structure of Sb2S3 from amorphous phase to crystalline phase. The crystallinity and morphology of Sb2S3 particles can be modified by using different solvents or solutions. It is found that the spindlelike and starlike particles result from the aggregation of nanoparticles while the rodlike particles arise from epitaxial growth. Due to the quantum confinement effect of charge carriers in small microcrystalline volumes, the characteristic peaks in the optical absorption spectrum of the synthesized 0.001 M Sb2S3 (<100 nm) colloidal solutions are blue-shifted by about 500 nm as compared to the bulk band gaps of Sb2S3.
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05 Jan 1988
TL;DR: A lead-free solder composition of approximately 90% to 95% by weight tin, approximately 3% to 5% antimony, approximately 1% to 4.5% bismuth, and approximately 0.1% to 0.5%.
Abstract: A lead-free solder composition of approximately 90% to 95% by weight tin, approximately 3% to 5% by weight antimony, approximately 1% to 4.5% by weight bismuth, and approximately 0.1% to 0.5% by weight silver.
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