A reader recently requested a chemistry lesson about bismuth. Why?? Beats me. It takes all kinds. Some people eat sweetbreads and some like nipple clamps. What follows may or may not be worse. And, by ...

Unless you are a hobbyist or technician who solders things on a regular basis, your only acquaintance with the metallic element bismuth is probably through Pepto Bismol, the main ingredient of which ...

[David Cook]’s summary below the write-up of his experiences working with a bismuth ingot is succinct. “I wasted a weekend learning why elemental bismuth is not commonly used for metal parts.“ It’s a ...