element
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- noun
- /ˈɛlɪmənt/
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elemento químico
- Nuclear fusion in the center of stars produces elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and iron.
- chemical elements
- periodic table of elements
- atomic elements
Sulphur is an element which sustains our life on Earth.
- Sulphur is an element which sustains our life on Earth.
- The stars produce all the other elements, so gravity and hydrogen.
- Carbon is highly reactive with other elements, so that's good.
- That's there's a chart that explains all of the basic elements that make up our world.
- It's a compound of two atoms or elements.
- There's there's elements, but we came from the furnaces of stars.
- And it's because an atom of a specific element that's in the sun has absorbed it.
- We can ask, is the abundance of elements similar to solar system materials?
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High mass stars build elements from hydrogen up to iron.
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The Gamma Ray Spectrometer will study chemical elements on or near the surface of Mars.
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Transfer of knowledge and skills is a key element of high school education.
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But in fact, chlorine is the most important element for public health and medicine.
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Iron ore is a naturally occurring element found in the earth's crust.
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Researchers confirmed the existence of a new element on the periodic table created through nuclear fusion.
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In chemistry, everything sits somewhere on the periodic table so the constituent elements of any material can be determined.
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High mass stars build elements from hydrogen up to iron.
Synonyms
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A pure substance made of atoms that all have the same number of protons, like oxygen or gold
Idioms
Compounds
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A very small amount of a metal or mineral the body needs to stay healthy
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A pure substance made of atoms that all have the same number of protons, like oxygen or gold
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A metal part inside a kettle, oven, or heater that gets hot to make things warm
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A natural substance, usually shiny, that lets electricity pass through it and can be shaped into sheets or wires
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A man-made radioactive element with atomic number 115 called moscovium
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A fictional substance said to give great power in stories and games, not the real chemical element
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A type of atom like carbon, silicon, tin, or lead found in Group 14 of the periodic table
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A radioactive metal with atomic number 104 that scientists make in labs and that does not occur in nature
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A very heavy radioactive metal made by scientists with atomic number 109
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A man-made radioactive element with atomic number 110 called darmstadtium
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A very heavy radioactive metal made in labs that has very unstable atoms
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A radioactive element made in a lab named nihonium with the number 113 that lasts only a short time
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A radioactive, unstable metal that scientists make with atomic number 114 called flerovium
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A heavy element with number 116 made by people that is radioactive and called livermorium
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A small electronic part that makes a simple choice, like an AND or OR gate
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A set of elements like carbon and silicon that behave alike in chemistry
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An element that leaves other elements unchanged when used with an operation, like 0 for addition or 1 for multiplication
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A metal such as cobalt or nickel that has properties similar to other metals in the same group
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A device that detects heat, light, pressure, or movement and produces a signal
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A part of a circuit that gives an output only when the input reaches a set level
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A chemical element that has a higher atomic number than uranium and is radioactive
How Pure
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390
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Element comes from Latin elementum, meaning a 'basic part', so a chemical element is a simple substance you cannot break down into smaller kinds of matter.