Imakhala yosasunthika pa kutentha kwabwino, ndipo imayaka pamoto wonyezimira wabuluu ikatenthedwa, ndipo imatulutsa bismuth oxide yachikasu kapena yofiirira.
Kuchuluka kwa chitsulo chosungunuka kumawonjezeka pambuyo pofupikitsidwa.
Pewani kukhudzana ndi oxides, halogens, zidulo, ndi interhalogen mankhwala.
Sisungunuka mu hydrochloric acid pamene mulibe mpweya, ndipo imatha kusungunuka pang'onopang'ono mpweya ukadutsa.
Voliyumu imakwera kuchokera kumadzi kupita ku olimba, ndipo kuchuluka kwakukula ndi 3.3%.
Ndiwophwanyika komanso wophwanyika mosavuta, ndipo imakhala ndi mphamvu zowonongeka ndi magetsi.
Imatha kuchita ndi bromine ndi ayodini ikatenthedwa.
Kutentha kwa firiji, bismuth simachita ndi mpweya kapena madzi, ndipo imatha kuyaka kuti ipange bismuth trioxide ikatenthedwa pamwamba pa malo osungunuka.
Bismuth selenide ndi telluride ali ndi semiconducting properties.
