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Mercury is a heavy, silvery-white metal. As compared to other metals, it is a poor conductor of heat, but a fair conductor of electricity.<ref n ...hell is the reason for the much higher melting temperature of [[cadmium]]. Metals such as [[gold]] have atoms with one less 6s electron than mercury. Those e

...n exchange membrane in the [[fuel cell]] is the potential to use non-noble metals such as [[iron]], [[cobalt]] or [[nickel]]<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/arti

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...], a base metal was a common and inexpensive metal, as opposed to precious metals, mainly [[gold]] and [[silver]]. A long-time goal of the alchemists was the ...se metals refers to industrial [[non-ferrous metals]] excluding [[precious metals]]. These include [[copper]], [[lead]], [[nickel]] and [[zinc]].<ref>http://

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...]] of the [[platinum group]] of the [[periodic table]]; and like the other metals of the platinum group, ruthenium is inert to most other chemicals. The Russ ...rvey USGS|accessdate = 2008-09-16|title = Commodity Report: Platinum-Group Metals}}</ref>

...can'', 2007-07-26. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.</ref> Research is ongoing, and metals less expensive than platinum have also been used in its creation. ...s of the suitable [[noble metal|noble]] or [[transition metal|transition]] metals. The impregnated hydrogel is then irradiated with [[gamma ray]]s, leading t

...such as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] points, such as [[tin]], which melts at approximatel ...lawewa area in [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite news| last = Wilford|first = John Noble|title = Ancient Smelter Used Wind To Make High-Grade Steel|work = The New Y

...e normal range for a given method. For example, [[EDTA]] complexes of many metals are outside the range for the potentiometric method. The stability constant ...ated with the reaction molar volume.<ref>"R.V. Eldik, T. Asano and W.J. Le Noble, "Activation and Reaction Volumes in Solution. 2.", Chem. Rev., 89, p 549-6