trace element
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Meat can be analysed for trace elements unique to Wales which give an individual chemical fingerprint, allowing forensic science and statistical models to be used to trace its origin.
From BBC
Selenium is a trace element that causes reproductive damage in fish and other animals.
From Washington Times
It doesn’t describe how the mineral was formed, what trace elements it might contain or when it was formed.
From Washington Post
Next, they analyzed how heavy oxygen, heavy carbon, and trace elements changed from layer to layer, revealing how wet the climate was at any given point in the past.
From Science Magazine
The researchers focused on hafnium, a trace element found in the mineral zircon, a component of sand.
From New York Times
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