Definition of metallic element Metallic element
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| metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. | ||
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| chemical element, element the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes" | ||
| heavy metal loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery | ||
| base metal a metal that is common and not considered precious; "lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals" | ||
| noble metal any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation | ||
| aluminium, aluminum, atomic number 13, al a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | ||
| americium, atomic number 95, am a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms | ||
| antimony, atomic number 51, sb a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite | ||
| atomic number 56, barium, ba a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite | ||
| atomic number 97, berkelium, bk a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium | ||
| atomic number 4, be, beryllium, glucinium a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element | ||
| atomic number 83, bi, bismuth a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals | ||
| atomic number 48, cadmium, cd a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores | ||
| atomic number 20, calcium, ca a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals | ||
| atomic number 98, californium, cf a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles | ||
| atomic number 58, ce, cerium a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group | ||
| atomic number 55, caesium, cesium, cs a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | ||
| atomic number 24, chromium, cr a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | ||
| atomic number 27, cobalt, co a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition | ||
| atomic number 29, cu, copper any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings | ||
| atomic number 96, curium, cm a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei | ||
| atomic number 66, dy, dysprosium a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic | ||
| atomic number 99, einsteinium, es, e a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | ||
| atomic number 68, erbium, er a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium | ||
| atomic number 63, europium, eu a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | ||
| atomic number 100, fermium, fm a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | ||
| atomic number 87, fr, francium a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium | ||
| atomic number 64, gadolinium, gd a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group | ||
| atomic number 31, gallium, ga a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores | ||
| atomic number 72, hafnium, hf a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons | ||
| atomic number 67, ho, holmium a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds | ||
| atomic number 49, indium, in a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite | ||
| atomic number 77, iridium, ir a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium | ||
| atomic number 26, fe, iron home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth | ||
| atomic number 57, lanthanum, la a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth | ||
| atomic number 82, pb, lead the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy" | ||
| atomic number 3, lithium, li a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals | ||
| atomic number 71, lu, lutecium, lutetium a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium | ||
| atomic number 12, magnesium, mg a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) | ||
| atomic number 25, manganese, mn a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals | ||
| atomic number 80, hydrargyrum, quicksilver, hg, mercury temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly" | ||
| atomic number 42, molybdenum, mo a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel | ||
| atomic number 60, neodymium, nd a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium | ||
| atomic number 93, neptunium, np a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium | ||
| atomic number 28, ni, nickel a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar | ||
| atomic number 41, niobium, nb a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium | ||
| atomic number 76, osmium, os a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known | ||
| atomic number 46, palladium, pd a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry | ||
| atomic number 84, polonium, po a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor | ||
| atomic number 19, potassium, k a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | ||
| atomic number 59, praseodymium, pr a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process | ||
| atomic number 61, promethium, pm a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium | ||
| atomic number 91, protactinium, protoactinium, pa a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead | ||
| atomic number 88, radium, ra an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores | ||
| atomic number 75, rhenium, re a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum | ||
| atomic number 45, rhodium, rh a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum | ||
| atomic number 37, rb, rubidium a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite | ||
| atomic number 44, ru, ruthenium a rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum | ||
| atomic number 62, samarium, sm a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite | ||
| atomic number 21, scandium, sc a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite | ||
| atomic number 11, na, sodium a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt) | ||
| atomic number 38, strontium, sr a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite | ||
| atomic number 73, ta, tantalum a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite | ||
| atomic number 43, technetium, tc a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium | ||
| atomic number 65, terbium, tb a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite | ||
| atomic number 81, thallium, tl a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores | ||
| atomic number 90, thorium th | ||
| atomic number 69, thulium tm | ||
| atomic number 50, sn, tin a vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking | ||
| atomic number 22, titanium, ti a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite | ||
| atomic number 74, tungsten, wolfram, w a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite | ||
| atomic number 92, uranium, u a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons | ||
| atomic number 23, vanadium, v a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite | ||
| atomic number 70, ytterbium, yb a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime | ||
| atomic number 39, yttrium, y a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys | ||
| atomic number 30, zinc, zn a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende | ||
| atomic number 40, zirconium, zr a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon | ||
| alkali metal, alkaline metal any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium); "the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline" | ||
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