noble metal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of noble metal
1350–1400; Middle English: precious metal
Example Sentences
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"It thus offers a powerful and sustainable alternative to the noble metal complexes that have long dominated light-driven chemistry."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025
Such strong cultural affinity for physical gold, particularly jewellery, means the appetite for the noble metal is unlikely to be dented in the long term, despite the short-term moderation, say experts.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
Mixing the magnetic metal nickel with the noble metal gold radically changes the electronic properties.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
The process won't inspire a new gold rush, because scaling it up would be both prohibitively expensive and time-consuming, but it does have implications for the creation, detection and processing of this noble metal.
From Nature ● Mar. 13, 2013
The geologist's theory, combined with the knowledge that the noble metal is 'chiefly found among palæozoic rocks of a quartzose type,' is practically valuable on the Gold Coast.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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