Heavy metals are metallic elements characterized by their high density, atomic weight, or atomic number. They are naturally present in the environment but have become more prevalent due to ...

Rare earths are mined and processed in just a few countries. China leads, producing over 60% of the global supply. Other key players include the United States, Australia, and Myanmar. Though found in ...

THIS is a handbook on the Practical Chemistry of the Non-metallic Elements, designed to meet the requirements of pupils of Mechanics' Institutions, and of Science Classes of a similar kind.

However, conventional permanent magnet manufacturing processes have been heavily dependent on heavy rare earth elements, ...

an environmental toxicologist at UC Santa Cruz who specializes in heavy metals, said of the of the findings. The dust residents collected using swab samples taken from flat, non-metallic surfaces ...

A research team recently discovered the first organometallic molecule — coined “berkelocene” — containing the heavy element berkelium at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or ...