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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Antimonate minerals, Antimonides, Antimony minerals, Organoantimony compounds, Kobellite, Antimony trioxide, Stibine, Antimony pentafluoride, Fluoroantimonic acid, Indium antimonide, Stibnite, Semseyite, Sodium stibogluconate, Antimony trichloride, Antimony trifluoride, Sarabauite, Kermesite, Pyrargyrite, Valentinite, Antimony triiodide, Antimony pentoxide, Bournonite, Antimony pentachloride, Gabrielite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite, Wakabayashilite, Sodium thioantimoniate, Organoantimony chemistry, Antimony triselenide, Antimony telluride, Antimony tribromide, Triphenylstibine, Aluminium antimonide, Franckeite, Antimony(III) acetate, Trimethylstibine, Antimony tetroxide, Freieslebenite, Antimony pentasulfide, Naldrettite, Ordonezite, Chapmanite, Miargyrite, Meglumine antimoniate, Madocite, Meneghinite, Polybasite, Galkhaite, Freibergite, Cylindrite, Gallium antimonide, Jordanite, Nadorite, Algarot, Berthierite, Geocronite, Zinkenite, Pentavalent antimonial, Boulangerite, Gallium indium arsenide antimonide phosphide, Aurostibite, Titanium yellow, Stibiconite, Magic acid, Stibophen, Zinc antimonide, Antimonite, Samsonite, Yttrium(III) antimonide, Antimony sulfate, Biehlite, Antimonide mineral, Paakkonenite. Excerpt: Antimony trioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Sb2O3. It is the most important commercial compound of antimony. It is found in nature as the minerals valentinite and senarmontite. Like most polymeric oxides, Sb2O3 dissolves in aqueous solutions only with hydrolysis. Global production of antimony trioxide in 2005 was 120,000 tonnes, an increase from 112,600 tonnes in 2002. China produces the largest share (47 %) followed by US/Mexico (22 %), Europe (17 %), Japan (10 %) and South Africa (2 %) and other countries (2%). Antimony trioxide is mainly produced via the smelting of stibnite ore, which is ...
