History
Antimony is known to people long ago. According to some sources antimony production began in the 5 millennium BC in the East. In the 3 millennium in Babylon from making jugs. In the Middle Ages, from the learned to use in hard fact, as mentioned by Agricola. In 1789 Lavoisier included antimony in the list of simple substances, and gave her name antimony.
Nowadays
Antimony is commonly used in various alloys. The most common alloy of antimony to lead, known as gartbleya. This alloy is widely used in the printing plant, where it pours plates. Antimony oxide-3 used in the production of heat-resistant paint. In today's workplace antimony is also used in the semiconductor industry, diodes, and infrared detectors. Antimony sulphide is used in match heads.
