chemical element
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Ottawa is also prohibiting the export to Russia of "certain chemical elements for use in electronics" and banning the import, purchase, or acquisition of Russian arms and other weapons.
From Reuters
The buildup of chemical elements has a bottleneck, however, which took the insights of Hoyle to help unravel.
From Scientific American
The researchers pieced together the animal's journey by studying the different types, or isotopes, of the chemical elements strontium and oxygen contained in the 1.5m-long tusk.
From BBC
Radon is just one of the radioactive chemical elements and, because it’s a gas, it can be inhaled, making it particularly dangerous.
From Washington Post
Noble gases - also known as inert gases - are a group of stable chemical elements which have very low reactivity.
From BBC
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