Chemical characteristics
Bismuth is stable to both dry and moist air at ordinary temperatures. When red-hot, it reacts with water to make bismuth(III) oxide. 2 Bi + 3 H2O → Bi2O3 + 3 H2It reacts with fluorine to make bismuth(V) fluoride at 500 °C or bismuth(III) fluoride at lower temperatures (typically from Bi melts); with other halogens it yields only bismuth(III) halides. The trihalides are corrosive and easily react with moisture, forming oxyhalides with the formula BiOX. 4 Bi + 6 X2 → 4 BiX3 (X = F, Cl, Br, I)
4 BiX3 + 2 O2 → 4 BiOX + 4 X2Bismuth dissolves in concentrated sulfuric acid to make bismuth(III) sulfate and sulfur dioxide. 6 H2SO4 + 2 Bi → 6 H2O + Bi2(SO4)3 + 3 SO2It reacts with nitric acid to make bismuth(III) nitrate (which decomposes into nitrogen dioxide when heated). Bi + 6 HNO3 → 3 H2O + 3 NO2 + Bi(NO3)3It also dissolves in hydrochloric acid, but only with oxygen present. 4 Bi + 3 O2 + 12 HCl → 4 BiCl3 + 6 H2OIt is used as a transmetalating agent in the synthesis of alkaline-earth metal complexes:

3 Ba + 2 BiPh3 → 3 BaPh2 + 2 Bi

Isotopes
The only primordial isotope of bismuth, bismuth-209, was traditionally regarded as the heaviest stable isotope, but it had long been suspected to be unstable on theoretical grounds.
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