noble metal

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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

All her vitality seemed to have withdrawn itself into the arch of dense black hair which still clasped her forehead like the noble metal of some antique bust.

From The Fruit of the Tree by Kimball, Alonzo