noble metal

English

Noun

noble metal (plural noble metals)

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

   Synonym: perfect metal

Usage notes

So termed because they resist being made base. Chemists generally recognize them as the platinum group of elements, plus gold. Opinions vary on whether some other unreactive metals, such as copper, silver, rhenium, or mercury, should be included.

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)
• French: métal noble m
• Galician: metal nobre (gl) 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
• Swedish: ädelmetall (sv) c
• Ukrainian: благоро́дний мета́л m (blahoródnyj metál)

See also

• base metal
• noble gas
• precious metal