Sentence examples for rare elements from inspiring English sources

The rare elements polonium and astatine are also sometimes included.

The discovery of these rare elements established the reputations of both men as gifted experimental chemists.

Tin and lead, with abundances in the crust lower than those of some so-called rare elements, are nevertheless common in everyday life.

Some geothermal systems act as natural distilleries in the subsurface, dissolving trace amounts of gold, silver, and other rare elements from their host rocks.

According to the US Congress report published last September, world demand for rare elements is estimated at 136,000 tonnes per year, with global production around 133,600 tonnes in 2010.

The United States Geological Survey calls the rare elements "essential for hundreds of applications" and likely candidates in the near future for an "expanding array" of high-tech products.

If the crystallization process occurs at a depth of about five kilometres or greater, the water-rich residual magma may migrate and form small bodies of igneous rock, satellitic to the main granitic mass, that are enriched in rare elements.

That's a rare element on the periodic table.

But Mr Ambani brings a rare element to this mix.

One form, or isotope, of rhenium decays very slowly into another rare element, osmium.

A relatively rare element, it is about as abundant as tungsten, which it resembles.