Antimony is a chemical element with symbol Sb from Latin stibium and atomic number 51 A lustrous gray metalloid it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite Sb 2 S 3 Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were powdered for use as medicine and cosmetics often known by the Arabic name kohl 3 Metallic antimony was also known but it was erroneously…