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• Mercury (element)
  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
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• Impurity
  ...the material. Examples include [[wiktionary:ash|ash]] and [[debris]] in [[metals]] and leaf pieces in blank white papers. The removal of impurities is usual ...e solid. The solid is eventually formed when [[dynamic arrest]] or [[glass transition]] occurs, but it forms into an [[amorphous solid]] &mdash; a [[glass]], ins
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• Ceramic materials
  ...ilure]]s, as opposed to the normally much more gentle [[failure mode]]s of metals. Some ceramics are [[semiconductor]]s. Most of these are [[transition metal oxides]] that are II-VI semiconductors, such as [[zinc oxide]].
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• Bonding in solids
  .... Among the ionic solids are compounds formed by alkali and alkaline earth metals in combination with halogens; a classic example is table salt, [[sodium chl ...les are metals such as [[copper]] and [[aluminum]], but some materials are metals in an electronic sense but have negligible metallic bonding in a mechanical
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• Photoresist
  ...ists]</ref> In the deep ultraviolet (DUV) spectrum, the π-π* electronic transition in [[benzene]] <ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.jsrmicro.com/download/200 ...adhesion to various substrates such as Si, GaAs, InP and glass, as well as metals, including Au, Cu and Al, compared to positive-tone photoresists. Additiona
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• Polymer nanocomposite
  The transition from micro- to nano-particles lead to change in its physical as well as che ...minute for temperatures about 50 K above the melting temperature or glass transition temperature, even for highly viscous polymers, such as, for instance, polyt
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• Environmental stress cracking
  ...] or [[Environmental stress fracture]] to describe this type of failure in metals. ...chain mobility. The result is a decrease in the yield stress and [[glass transition temperature]] (T_g), as well as a plasticisation of the material
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• Thermoset polymer matrices
  ...ties are influenced by a 400-450°F continuous use temperature and a glass transition of {{convert|500|F}}. ...ircraft-aerospace applications, which are replacing heavier more expensive metals.
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• Polyethylene terephthalate
  | [[Glass transition temperature|Glass temperature]] ...PVC, foreign matter, removal of film, paper, glass, sand, soil, stones and metals
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• Polymer
  ...g chain branches may increase polymer strength, toughness, and the [[glass transition temperature]] (T_g) due to an increase in the number of entanglem ...se chain mobility, increase strength and toughness, and increase the glass transition temperature (T_g){{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}. This is a res
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• Coordination polymers
  ...[[water]]) can behave like ligands, and enter into coordination bonds with metals. ..., [[thermodynamic]] site for [[crystal growth]] to occur. More molecules (metals and ligands) can self-assemble onto the growing crystal in a periodic array
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• Polyethylene
  ...ated that certain salicylaldimine complexes of [[Group 4 element|Group 4]] metals show substantially higher activity than the metallocenes. ...|crystallinity]] and [[molecular weight]], a [[melting point]] and [[glass transition]] may or may not be observable. The temperature at which these occur varies
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• Metal
  |title = Metals |header7 = [[Transition metal]]s
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• Martensite
  ...ite has a [[Cubic crystal system|face center cubic]] (FCC) structure. The transition between these two structures requires very little [[thermal activation]] en [[Category:Metals]]
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• Metallic bond
  [[Image:Metallic bond Zn.svg|thumb|right|200px|Metallic bonding is found in metals like [[zinc]].]] ...enerated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/structures/metals.html metal structures<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://hyperp
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• Metallurgy
  ...ir mixtures, which are called [[alloy]]s. It is also the [[technology]] of metals: the way in which science is applied to their practical use. Metallurgy is ...ing to get [[copper]] and [[tin]] by heating rocks and combining those two metals to make an [[alloy]] called [[bronze]], the technology of metallurgy began
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• Ruthenium
  ...]] 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>
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• Aerogel
  ...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
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• Kerosene
  ...l fishing craft, these are bi-fuel engines that start on gasoline and then transition to kerosene once the engine reaches engine temperature. Multi-fuel Evinrud
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• Steel
  ...such as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] points, such as [[tin]], which melts at approximatel ...''Steel before Bessemer: I Blister Steel: the birth of an industry'' (The Metals Society, London, 1984), 48-52.</ref> It was produced by Sir [[Basil Brooke
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• Wrought iron
  .../ref><ref>{{Citation | last = Scoffern | first = John | title = The useful metals and their alloys | page = 6 | publisher = Houlston & Wright | year = 1869 | ...ndian Iron, Vikas Kumar and R. Balasubramaniam, ''International Journal of Metals, Materials and Processes'', Volume 14 (2002) pp. 1–14</ref> Furthermore,
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• Iron
  ...state]]s. Iron and iron [[alloy]]s ([[steel]]s) are by far the most common metals and the most common [[ferromagnetic]] materials in everyday use. Fresh iron ...loying iron with appropriate small amounts (up to a few per cent) of other metals and carbon produces [[steel]], which can be 1,000&nbsp;times harder than pu
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• Imidazoline
  ...have been used as [[N-heterocyclic carbene]] ligands on various transition metals. It is found in the commercially available second generation [[Grubbs' cata
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• Ethylene oxide
  ...discovered the ability of ethylene oxide to react with acids and salts of metals.<ref name="oe1">{{cite book When carrying the thermal decomposition of ethylene oxide in the presence of transition metal compounds as catalysts, it is possible not only to reduce its tempera
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• Manganese
  ...]]s. The [[permanganate]]s of [[alkali metal|alkali]] and [[alkaline earth metals]] are powerful oxidizers. Manganese dioxide is used as the cathode (electro ...to give the atom a change in spin of two units. The unlikeliness of such a transition is seen in the uniformly pale and almost colorless nature of Mn(II) compoun
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• Chromium
  ...oatings: coatings for protection from oxidation of superalloys, refractory metals, and graphite|author = National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Coati Chromium is a member of the [[transition metal]]s, in [[Group 6 element|group 6]]. Chromium(0) has an electronic con
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• Cadmium
  ...hemistry'', 6th Edition, John Wiley and Sons (1999) Chapter 16: Survey of Transition-Metal Chemistry p. 633 ISBN 0471199575</ref> Average concentration in the e ...r [[laser]]. The highly [[monochromatic]] color arises from the 441.563 nm transition [[spectral line|line]] of cadmium.]]
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• Mining
  ...]) seam. Materials recovered by mining include [[base metals]], [[precious metals]], [[iron]], [[uranium]], [[coal]], [[diamond]]s, [[limestone]], [[oil shal ...ious metals were also used mainly for gilding or coinage. Initially, many metals were obtained through [[open-pit mining]], and ore was primarily extracted
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• Scorpionate ligand
  ...ing the ligands to alter the type of [[molecular encapsulation]] needed to metals; ...ands (and sometimes their bidentate versions Bm) are such that with late [[transition metal]]s such as osmium and [[platinum]] it is possible to turn the Tm liga
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• Terpyridine
  ...349-383. {{DOI|10.1021/cr020604g}}</ref> Terpy forms complexes with most [[transition metal]] [[ion]] as do other [[polypyridine complex|polypyridine compounds]] Because they are pi-acceptors, terpy and [[bipyridine]] too stabilize metals in lower oxidation states. For instance in [[acetonitrile]] solution, it is
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• Corrole
  Corrole normally serves as a [[anion|trianionic]] [[ligand]] with [[transition metal]]s.
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• 2,2'-Bipyridine
  ...entate]] [[Chelation|chelating]] [[ligand]], forming complexes with many [[transition metal]]s. [[Ruthenium]] complex and [[platinum]] complexes of bipy exhibit These and other [[homoleptic]] tris-2,2'-bipy complexes of many transition [[metals]] are electroactive. Often, both the [[metal]] centred and ligand centred
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• 1,4,7-Triazacyclononane
  ...metric and binds to one face of an octahedron of metalloids and transition metals. The (TACN)M unit is kinetically inert, allowing further synthetic transfor *Although TACN characteristically coordinates to metals in mid- and high oxidation states, e.g. Ni(III), Mn(IV), Mo(III), W(III),
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• Sodium diethyldithiocarbamate
  ...ry amines and carbon disulfide. They are used as [[chelating agents]] for transition metal ions and as precursors to [[herbicide]]s and [[vulcanization]] reagen The diethyldithiocarbamate ion chelates to many "[[HSAB theory|softer]]" metals via the two sulfur atoms. Other more complicated bonding modes are known i
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• Pentetic acid
  ...In contrast, [[EDTA]] possesses 6 centres to form coordination bonds with metals.<ref>Each nitrogen centre counts as a centre of coordination, as does each ...]], DTPA wraps around a metal ion by forming up to eight bonds. Transition metals, however, usually have a limited coordination capacity and can form less th
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• Acetylacetone
  The acetylacetonate [[anion]] forms complexes with many [[transition metal]] ions wherein both oxygen atoms bind to the metal to form a six-memb ...carbon atom; this bonding mode is more common for the third-row transition metals such as platinum(II) and iridium(III).
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• Triphos
  Triphos forms complexes with many [[transition metal]]s. It usually functions as a tripodal ligand that occupies three fac
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• Etidronic acid
  ...[[peroxide]] bleaching to prevent degradation of peroxides by [[transition metals]].
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• Chelex 100
  ...compounds via [[ion exchange]]. It is noteworthy for its ability to bind [[transition metal]] ions. A concentrated solution of metals is obtained by eluting the resin with a small volume of 2 [[molarity|M]] [[
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• Irving-Williams series
  ...[[Coordination complex|complexes]] of the [[divalent]] ions of first-row [[transition metal]]s, the [[Stability constants of complexes|stability constant]] for t ...H. M. N. H.| coauthors=Williams, R. J. P.|date=1953|title=The stability of transition-metal complexes|journal=[[Journal of the Chemical Society|J. Chem. Soc.]]|p
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• Stability constants of complexes
  ...particular cases. For example, phosphates form weak complexes with alkali metals, so, when determining stability constants involving phosphates, such as [[a ...}}</ref> In this classification, class A metals are hard acids and class B metals are soft acids. Some ions, such as copper(i) anr classed as borderline. Har
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• Oxyanion
  ...dral MO₆ units are common in oxyanions of the larger transition metals. Some compounds, such as salts of the chain-polymeric ion, Mo₂O<
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• Trans effect
  ...es.<ref name=coe>Coe, B. J.; Glenwright, S. J. Trans-effects in octahedral transition metal complexes. ''Coordination Chemistry Reviews'' '''2000''', ''203'', 5- ...ert H. Crabtree]] | title = The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals | year = 2005 | edition = 4th edition | isbn = 0-471-66256-9 | publisher =
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• Crystal field theory
  ...(LFT), which delivers insight into the process of [[chemical bonding]] in transition metal complexes. According to CFT, the interaction between a transition metal and [[ligand]]s arises from the attraction between the positively cha
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• Coordination geometry
  [[Crystal field theory]] may be used to explain the relative stabilities of transition metal compounds of different coordination geometry, as well as the presence ...st neighbours in a cubic geometry. In [[periodic table (crystal structure)|metals]] with the face centred cubic (fcc) structure each atom has twelve nearest
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• Hapticity
  ...le = Molecular hydrogen complexes: coordination of a σ bond to transition metals
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• Tanabe-Sugano diagram
  ...d on the trends in the absorption spectra of [[isoelectronic]] [[first-row transition metal]]s. The plots of the energies calculated for the electronic states of |contribution=Interpretation of the spectra of first-row transition metal complexes
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• Oxidative addition
  ...ganometallic chemistry]] <ref>''The Organometallic Chemistry of Transition Metals'' by Robert Crabtree</ref><ref>''Inorganic Chemistry'' (3rd Edition) by Gar
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• Jahn–Teller effect
  ==Transition metal chemistry== ...ct is most often encountered in [[octahedral complex]]es of the transition metals, and is very common in six-coordinate [[copper]](II) complexes.<ref>{{cite
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• Nephelauxetic effect
  ...ectronic repulsion parameter]], given the symbol ''B'', that occurs when a transition metal free ion forms a [[complex (chemistry)|complex]] with [[ligands]]. Th ...ughly reflects the ability of the ligands to form good covalent bonds with metals - those that do not have a very small effect and are at the start of the se
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