Antimony
This is the front side of the game card for Antz The Dragon With The Antimony Tipped Tail. Click the pic to take a look at all the fun info on the back. Use it as a memorization tool, a trading card or as science class prizes and rewards.
Get the single element book – Antimony Presented by Antz the Dragon.
Facts – Facts About Antimony – https://www.livescience.com/37390-antimony.html
Facts – Antimony Element Facts – https://www.chemicool.com/elements/antimony.html
Facts – Antimony Chemical Element – https://www.britannica.com/science/antimony
Article – Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Antimony-Ligated Co(II) Complexes: Stibines versus Phosphines – https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03366
Wiki – Mozart and Antimony – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Article – Antimony Might Have Killed Mozart – https://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/elements/features/2010/blogging_the_periodic_table/antimonyit_might_have_killed_mozart.html
Facts – The Lonely Element Antimony – https://chemistrytalk.org/antimony-element/
Facts – Antimony Facts For Kids – https://kids.kiddle.co/Antimony
Article – Antimony: The Most Important Mineral You Never Heard Of https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2021/05/06/antimony-the-most-important-mineral-you-never-heard-of/?sh=70c60e1a2b23
Facts – History and uses: https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/51/antimony#:~:text=Antimony%20is%20a%20semi%2Dmetal,improve%20their%20hardness%20and%20strength
Antimony Orange – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimony_trisulfide
Orange Pigment – https://colourlex.com/project/antimony-orange/
Facts – Uses and biological significance: https://www.britannica.com/science/antimony/Properties-and-reactions
Ingesting Antimony – https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/npi/substances/fact-sheets/antimony-and-compounds
Discovery and history: https://www.chemicool.com/elements/antimony.html&https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimony#History
Antimony in Fabric – https://www.primetimenm.com/2022/10/02/scary-wear-toxins-in-everyday-fabrics/
Article – Medieval uses: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/antimony-metallic-cleanse-middle-ages
Article – Gross and Dangerous Makeup Through History – https://www.fabulouslyflawlessnc.com/makeup-through-history/
Antimony Industry – https://voyager-resources.com/antimony-industry/
Antimony in Metal Moveable Type – https://matvenn.medium.com/i-typography-dee4aae91f1d
Video – Tales From The Periodic Table – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CffjiJtXSWI
Video – Music From The Periodic Table – https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=617130856304139
Video – What Stibnite ore looks like – https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gqueLHTIDVM
Video – Robert Allen Bartlett: Antimony, Egyptian Mysticism, Seeds of Metal – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSPoolk9nyI
Links and Notes for Cole’s chemistry inspired magical abilities:
Antimony’s core identity → Allotropic Transformation & Antimony Sight
The metalloid paradox, crystal structure, and general element profile that let Antz shift between Metallic, Black, and Explosive Form, and that give him his heightened perception:
- Antimony – Element information, properties and uses (Royal Society of Chemistry) — the metalloid classification and physical property data behind Antz’s shape-shifting.
- WebElements: Antimony — a second citable data source for the same metalloid properties.
- Antimony | Britannica — a general-audience overview of antimony’s in-between nature.
- Periodic Table of Elements: Antimony (Los Alamos National Laboratory) — a reliable backup reference for the same element profile.
Flame retardant chemistry → Flame Severance
How antimony trioxide interrupts combustion, the real basis for Antz’s fire control and fire resistance:
- Flame Retardant Mechanism of Antimony Trioxide (Nihon Seiko) — the molecular explanation of how antimony trioxide interrupts burning, mirrored by Flame Severance.
- Antimony Trioxide – an overview (ScienceDirect) — the synergistic halogen-antimony reaction that inspired Antz’s fire immunity.
Medicinal and toxic duality → Duality Venom
The dose-dependent healer/poison history behind Antz’s signature ability:
- Antimony: a metallic cleanse of the Middle Ages (McGill Office for Science and Society) — antimony’s historical medicinal use, the healing half of Duality Venom.
- Availability, Toxicology and Medical Significance of Antimony (PMC) — the dose-dependent healer/poison relationship Duality Venom is built on.
- Antimony Toxicity (StatPearls, NCBI Bookshelf) — the clinical-grade toxicity data behind the “full dose” version of the venom.
Ancient kohl and crystal structure → Antimony Sight & Stibnite Lance
The history and shape of natural stibnite that inspired both Antz’s perception and his crystal attack:
- Stibnite: Mineral & Crystal Guide (FossilEra) — the ancient kohl-eyeliner history behind Antimony Sight, and stibnite’s needle-crystal formations behind the Stibnite Lance.
- Stibnite (Wikipedia) — a citable overview of stibnite’s real crystal habit and historical uses.
- Acicular (crystal habit) (Wikipedia) — the technical term for the needle-like crystal growth the Stibnite Lance summons instantly.
Expansion on solidification → Expansion Force & Typeset Memory
Antimony’s unusual expand-instead-of-shrink property and its role in printing history:
- Type metal (Wikipedia) — the real alloy behind both Expansion Force and Typeset Memory.
- Type metal (Britannica) — a second reference on how antimony’s expansion made Gutenberg-era printing possible.
Alloy hardening → Elemental Hardening
The real property that lets brittle antimony strengthen other metals, the basis for Antz’s power to bolster his companions:
- Antimony Uses in Lead and Tin Alloys Explained (Mayer Alloys) — a clear, practical explanation of antimony’s real hardening effect on softer metals, the direct basis for Elemental Hardening.
- Antimony Alloys – an overview (ScienceDirect) — a more technical companion source on the same hardening mechanism.
Semiconductor doping → Antz’s magic-disrupting “circuit-breaker” ability
How real antimony controls electrical current, the basis for how Antz disrupts Vantane’s magic in the climax:
- Extrinsic semiconductor (Wikipedia) — the general doping concept behind Antz redirecting or shutting down magical current.
- High Quality Antimony-Doped n-Type Silicon Wafers for Solar Cell Applications (Solar RRL, Wiley) — a current, peer-reviewed example of antimony actively used as a real semiconductor dopant.
