The followinguses for bismuth are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I would be delighted to receive corrections as well as additionalreferenced uses.

• used in producing malleable irons
• as a catalyst for making acrylic fibres
• the metal is used as a thermocouple material (has highest negativy known)
• carrier for uranium fuel in nuclear reactors
• fire detection, extinguishing systems
• cosmetics
• medicine