a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
Created on Wed Dec 04 07:50:05 EST 2013
(updated Mon Dec 09 00:19:31 EST 2013)
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