{"id":31778,"date":"2025-04-06T07:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T01:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31778"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:13:33","slug":"antimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/antimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Antimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Antimony Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Pakistan reportedly discovered a massive cache of antimony in the conflict-torn region of Balochistan.<\/p>\n<h2>About Antimony<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Antimony is a <strong>chemical element <\/strong>with the <strong>symbol Sb<\/strong> and <strong>atomic number 51.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Classified as a <strong>metalloid<\/strong>, Antimony is a<strong> solid at room temperature.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It exhibits <strong>poor electrical and heat conductivity <\/strong>properties.<\/li>\n<li>Commercial forms of antimony are generally ingots, broken pieces, granular, or cast cake.<\/li>\n<li>Antimony <strong>ores <\/strong>occur both in <strong>deposits associated with volcanic rocks <\/strong>and also in more <strong>deep-seated veins <\/strong>formed under moderate to high temperatures and pressure.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The<strong> chief ore<\/strong> of antimony is <strong>stibnite<\/strong>. It is more<strong> commonly obtained as a byproduct in lead-zinc-silver mines.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Producers<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li><strong>China<\/strong> <strong>produces 88%<\/strong> of the world\u2019s antimony.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Other producers are <strong>Bolivia, Russia, and Tajikistan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Antimony Uses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is used in the <strong>electronics <\/strong>industry to make some <strong>semiconductor devices<\/strong>, such as infrared detectors and diodes.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>alloyed with lead or other metals<\/strong> to <strong>improve their hardness and strength.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A lead-antimony alloy is used in batteries.<\/li>\n<li>Other uses of antimony alloys include type metal (in printing presses), bullets, and cable sheathing.<\/li>\n<li>Antimony compounds are used to make <strong>flame-retardant materials, paints<\/strong>, <strong>enamels, glass<\/strong>, and pottery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Antimony FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Is antimony radioactive?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. No, antimony is not radioactive in its natural form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the chemical symbol for antimony?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Sb<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the chief ore of antimony?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The chief ore of antimony is stibnite, which is chemically known as antimony trisulfide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.india.com\/news\/world\/pakistan-gold-mines-pakistan-to-become-super-rich-discovers-jackpot-in-balochistan-the-treasure-is-worth-billions-usd-finds-gold-mines-in-gilgit-baltistan-pakistan-antimony-reserves-7727667\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IND<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antimony (Sb) is a chemical element with atomic number 51, known for its metallic properties and use in alloys, flame retardants, and semiconductors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}