elemental metals and metalloids were known by the end of antiquity; this contrasts greatly with the situation today, with over 90 elemental metals known....

metal. Its purity is typically measured on a per-mille basis; a 94%-pure alloy is described as "0.940 fine". As one of the seven metals of antiquity,...

Wonders of the Ancient World Seven metals of antiquity Seven days in the week Seven Seas Seven Sages Seven champions that fought Thebes Seven hills of Rome...

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transmutation of "base metals" (e.g., lead) into "noble metals" (particularly gold); the creation of an elixir of immortality; and the creation of panaceas...

Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers. The criteria used, and whether metalloids...

the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and transition metals, as well as the lanthanides and the actinides, are special groups of the metals viewed in...

of an alchemist to create required products by manipulating atoms of base alchemy elements (the classic elements as well as the metals of antiquity excluding...

but different: A juxtaposition of Roman and Medieval brass making in Europe" in Young, S. M. M. (ed.) Metals in antiquity Oxford: Archaeopress pp. 252–257...

centuries. While a distinction between metals and other minerals had existed since antiquity, a basic classification of chemical elements as metallic or nonmetallic...