Bismuth subcarbonate

Bismuth subcarbonate occurs naturally as the mineral bismutite.

[2] In modern medicine, bismuth subcarbonate has been made into nanotube arrays that exhibit antibacterial properties.

It is a constituent of milk of bismuth which was a popular digestive tract panacea in the 1930s.

[6] Bismuth subcarbonate has the tendency to form nanoplates, but it can be also obtained as small round nanospheres (with controlled size) when it is grown in the presence of halloysite nanotubes.

It is readily formed on the surface of undoped bismuth oxide (β-Bi2O3 and γ-Bi2O3) nanoparticles even when they are not suspended in water.

NFPA 704 four-colored diamond Health 1: Exposure would cause irritation but only minor residual injury. E.g. turpentine Flammability 0: Will not burn. E.g. water Instability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogen Special hazards (white): no code