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Spelter

Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.

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Zinc 76% connected

An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as a…

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Complex noun · 85% connection

a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Coordination compound noun · 85% connection

a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Organometallic compound noun · 85% connection

a compound containing an alkyl or aryl radical bonded to a metal.; "Tetracarbonyl nickel, and ferrocene are examples of organometallic…

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Metal noun · 85% connection

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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Metallic element noun · 85% connection

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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Hydrochloride noun · 84% connection

a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride

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Al noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Aluminium noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Aluminum noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Am noun · 84% connection

a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms

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Antimony noun · 84% connection

a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

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Atomic number 11 noun · 84% connection

a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…

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Atomic number 19 noun · 84% connection

a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…

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Ba noun · 84% connection

a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

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Barium noun · 84% connection

a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

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Be noun · 84% connection

a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

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Beryllium noun · 84% connection

a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

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Bismuth noun · 84% connection

a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product…

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Academy noun · 78% connection

A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, t…

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Actinium noun · 78% connection

A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by ex…

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Aich's metal unknown · 78% connection

A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.

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Alloy verb · 78% connection

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. B…

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Anastatic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.

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Arts and crafts noun · 78% connection

the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass pr…

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Aurin noun · 78% connection

A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.

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Bachelor noun · 78% connection

A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a…

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Black-jack noun · 78% connection

A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.

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Blende noun · 78% connection

an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form

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Borneol noun · 78% connection

A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in…

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Brass noun · 78% connection

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It…

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