- A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and
selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white
metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and
silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc.
Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
- Cleansing agent - Mineral salt used in glass making - Mineral salt used in glass-making - A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline
taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing
colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral
springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It
was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe
under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of
sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.
- Blonde into heavy metal? - High-selling CD award - Jewellery metal - Precious metal - Sort of best-selling record for a blonde - Sort of bestselling record for a blonde - A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver
and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the
platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is
ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its
resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, for
stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and
wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3.
Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina.