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Context admission

Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.

Why maintain this knowledge?

No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.

Particular uses

These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.

No particular uses recorded here.

Review or propose an assessment

Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.

Propose an assessment

Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.

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  • atomic number 3 in CommonParlance
    • definition a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
  • atomic number 30 in CommonParlance
    • definition a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
  • atomic number 31 in CommonParlance
    • definition a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores
  • atomic number 32 in CommonParlance
    • definition a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
  • atomic number 33 in CommonParlance
    • definition a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and in various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
  • atomic number 34 in CommonParlance
    • definition a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)
  • atomic number 35 in CommonParlance
    • definition a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
  • atomic number 36 in CommonParlance
    • definition a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air
  • atomic number 37 in CommonParlance
    • definition a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite
  • atomic number 38 in CommonParlance
    • definition a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
  • atomic number 39 in CommonParlance
    • definition a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
  • atomic number 4 in CommonParlance
    • definition a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
  • atomic number 40 in CommonParlance
    • definition a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon
  • atomic number 41 in CommonParlance
    • definition a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium
  • atomic number 42 in CommonParlance
    • definition a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel
  • atomic number 43 in CommonParlance
    • definition a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium
  • atomic number 44 in CommonParlance
    • definition a rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum
  • atomic number 45 in CommonParlance
    • definition a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum
  • atomic number 46 in CommonParlance
    • definition a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry
  • atomic number 47 in CommonParlance
    • definition a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
  • atomic number 48 in CommonParlance
    • definition a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
  • atomic number 49 in CommonParlance
    • definition a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
  • atomic number 5 in CommonParlance
    • definition a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
  • atomic number 50 in CommonParlance
    • definition a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
  • atomic number 51 in CommonParlance
    • definition a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite