noble metal

noble metal

English

Noun

noble metal (plural noble metals)

1. (inorganic chemistry, alchemy) A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold, platinum, copper and mercury.

   Synonym: perfect metal

Usage notes

So termed because they resist being made base. Chemists recognize them as the platinum group of elements.

Translations

metal resistant to corrosion

Chinese: Mandarin: 抗腐蝕金屬／抗腐蚀金属 (kàngfǔshí jīnshǔ), 惰性金屬／惰性金属 (duòxìng jīnshǔ) Czech: ušlechtilý kov m Danish: ædelmetal (da) n Esperanto: nobla metalo Finnish: jalometalli (fi) Galician: metal nobre m German: Edelmetall (de) n Hungarian: nemesfém (hu) Indonesian: logam mulia (id), logam adi (id) Irish: miotal lómhar m, miotal uasal m Malay: logam adi Norwegian: edelmetall n Polish: metal szlachetny m Romanian: metal nobil (ro) n Russian: благоро́дный мета́лл (ru) m (blagoródnyj metáll) Spanish: metal noble m Ukrainian: благоро́дний мета́л m (blahoródnyj metál)

See also

• base metal
• noble gas
• precious metal