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...

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...

metals were historically used as coinage, but in the modern era, coinage metals have extended to at least 23 of the chemical elements. The history of...

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...

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...

earliest use of iron in China" Archived 2006-07-18 at the Wayback Machine pp. 1–9 In Young, Suzanne M. M. et al. (editors) (1999) Metals in Antiquity Archaeopress...