Metallic elements

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31Actinides / Nuclear fuels / Nuclear materials / Thorium / Monazite / Gas mantle / Radioactive waste / Cerium / Nuclear fuel cycle / Chemistry / Matter / Chemical elements

THORIUM By James B. Hedrick Thorium is a soft, very ductile, silver-gray, heavy, metallic element of the actinide series of elements. It is represented by the chemical symbol Th or the isotopic symbol Th232. Thorium meta

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Language: English - Date: 1997-07-03 14:23:28
32Periodic table / Optical materials / Poor metals / Post-transition metals / Germanium / Metalloids / Optical fiber / Gallium / Dopant / Chemistry / Matter / Chemical elements

GERMANIUM By Earle B. Amey Germanium is a grayish-white, metallic element with the properties of a semiconductor, i.e., electrical characteristics between those of a metal and an insulator. It is commercially available a

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Language: English - Date: 1997-06-18 15:05:44
33Ferroalloy / Ferrosilicon / Elkem / Deoxidizer / Silane / Aluminium alloy / Pidgeon process / Chemistry / Metalloids / Silicon

SILICON By Larry D. Cunningham Silicon (Si) is a light chemical element having metallic and nonmetallic characteristics. In nature, silicon combines with oxygen and other elements to form silicates. Silicon in the form o

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Language: English - Date: 1996-12-17 14:50:26
34Refractory metals / Transition metals / Molybdenum / Ferromolybdenum / Tungsten / Molybdate / Jinduicheng Molybdenum / Climax mine / Chemistry / Matter / Chemical elements

MOLYBDENUM By John W. Blossom Molybdenum is a refractory metallic element used principally as an alloying agent in steels, cast irons, and superalloys to enhance hardenability, strength, toughness, and wear and corrosion

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Language: English - Date: 1997-02-07 08:33:50
35Chemical elements / Germanium / Metalloids / Oxides / Optical fiber / Dopant / Tin / Scrap / Light-emitting diode / Chemistry / Matter / Optical materials

GERMANIUM By Errol D. Sehnke Germanium is a grayish-white, metallic element with the physical properties of a semiconductor, i.e.-electrical characteristics between those of a metal and an insulator. It is

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Language: English - Date: 1996-09-16 10:53:41
36Chemical elements / Optical materials / Poor metals / Post-transition metals / Semiconductor devices / Germanium / Gallium / Optical fiber / Solar cell / Chemistry / Matter / Periodic table

GERMANIUM By Robert D. Brown, Jr. Germanium is a grayish-white, metallic element with electrical characteristics between those of a metal and an insulator, making it a semiconductor. It is commercially available as a tet

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Language: English - Date: 2000-01-31 09:58:05
37Refractory metals / Transition metals / Dietary minerals / Molybdates / Molybdenum / Ferromolybdenum / Tungsten / Sodium molybdate / Jinduicheng Molybdenum / Chemistry / Matter / Chemical elements

MOLYBDENUM By John W. Blossom Molybdenum is a refractory metallic element used principally as an alloying agent in steels, cast irons, and superalloys to enhance hardenability, strength, toughness, and wear and corrosion

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Language: English - Date: 1997-11-19 08:04:54
38Superhard materials / Ferroalloys / Ferrosilicon / Iron / Silicon / Elkem / Polycrystalline silicon / Deoxidizer / Silane / Chemistry / Matter / Ceramic materials

SILICON By Thomas S. Jones Silicon (Si) is a light chemical element having metallic and nonmetallic characteristics. In nature, silicon combines with oxygen and other elements to form silicates. Silicon in the form of si

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Language: English - Date: 1997-09-17 08:17:30
39Ferrosilicon / Iron / Silicon / Elkem / Deoxidizer / Polycrystalline silicon / Silanes / Polysilicon hydride / Pidgeon process / Chemistry / Matter / Ferroalloys

SILICON By Thomas S. Jones Silicon (Si) is a light chemical element having metallic and nonmetallic characteristics. In nature, silicon combines with oxygen and other elements to form silicates. Silicon in the form of si

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Language: English - Date: 2000-02-04 07:26:05
40Reducing agents / Ceramic materials / Metalloids / Silicon / Ferrosilicon / Ferroalloy / Elkem / Deoxidizer / Silane / Chemistry / Matter / Chemical elements

SILICON By Larry D. Cunningham Silicon (Si) is a light chemical element with metallic and nonmetallic characteristics. In nature, silicon combines with oxygen and other elements to form silicates. Silicon in the form

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Language: English - Date: 1996-08-22 14:16:40
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