Sb

Semimetallic to metallic chemical element (see metal), chemical symbol Sb, atomic number 51. Of its various allotropes, the most common is a lustrous, bluish, brittle, flaky solid. In nature antimony occurs chiefly as the gray sulfide mineral stibnite, Sb₂S₃. Pure antimony metal has no important uses, but its alloys and compounds are extremely useful. Some antimony alloys have the rare quality of expanding on solidifying; these are used for castings and for type metal. Alloys with lead are used in car batteries, bullets, and cable sheaths. Antifriction alloys with tin and lead (babbitt metals) are used as components of machine bearings. Antimony compounds (valences 3, 4, and 5) are widely used as flame retardants in paints, plastics, rubber, and textiles; others are used as paint pigments.

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In places:

• Solomon Islands: ISO 3166 country code
• Santa Barbara, California
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon: FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code
• San Bernardino, California, A city in the State of California which is th 14th largest metropolitan area in the United States

In software:

• Shadowbane, a MMORPG

In transportation:

• South-bound
• Skagensbanen, a Danish railway company (now merged into Nordjyske Jernbaner)
• Aircalin IATA code
• South Buffalo Railway

In science and technology:

• Sodium borate, a buffer for electrophoresis
• Bachelor of Science, from the Latin Scientiae baccalaureus
• National Science Bowl, a national competition for the advancement of science in schools
• SmithKline Beecham, a pharmaceutical company
• Spectroscopic binary star
• Sound Blaster, a family of sound cards created for use in personal computers.
• an abbreviation for barred spiral galaxy

In entertainment:

• Sleeping Beauty, a story written in 1697
• Shaw Brothers Studio, a Hong Kong movie studio
• Squirrel Boy, animated television series starring Andy Johnson and his pet Rodney J. Squirrel.
• SpongeBob SquarePants, an animated television series
• Steve Buscemi, actor
• Strong Bad, a character in the fictional world of Homestar Runner

In politics and law:

• Senate Bill

In sport and games:

• Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League
• Stolen Base (baseball)
• Small Blind, in Texas hold 'em poker
• Nike Dunk SB, a skateboarding shoe made by Nike
• Scrap Bikes, a BMX company founded in the Philippines

In music:

• Soulja Boy, an American rapper
• Swizz Beatz, an American rapper
• Sabrina Bryan, a Cheetah Girl

In police and military:

• Special Branch a division of UK police services.
• Służba Bezpieczeństwa, the former Polish secret police
• Special Warfare Boat Operator, a United States Navy occupational rating.
• Tupolev SB, a Soviet bomber of World War II

In other:

• Idiot, from the Chinese insulting word Sha Bi (傻屄, means "stupid").
• Scrubbing Bubbles, a cleaning company
• Singapore Biennale, a visual arts biennale held in Singapore
• Stony Brook University, in the State University of New York system
• Spring Break, a week-long recess from studying in early spring at universities in many countries

Sb may refer to:

• Antimony: chemical symbol for the element (from the Latin Stibium)

sb may refer to:

• .sb, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Solomon Islands
• Stilb, a unit of luminance (equal to 1 cd/cm²)
• Substantive, in grammar
• Somebody