Radiation Biology Ontology

Last uploaded: October 24, 2024
Preferred Name

heavy metal
Synonyms

heavy metals

Definitions

Any metal that is characterized by its rather high atomic mass and density. Although typically occurring in low concentrations, they can be found all throughout the Earth's crust (Commonly, a density of at least 5 g cm(3) is used to define a heavy metal and to differentiate it from other, ''light'' metals).

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_5631

database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:Heavy_metals

has_obo_namespace

chebi_ontology

has_related_synonym

heavy metals

id

CHEBI:5631

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR

label

heavy metal

notation

CHEBI:5631

prefLabel

heavy metal

textual definition

Any metal that is characterized by its rather high atomic mass and density. Although typically occurring in low concentrations, they can be found all throughout the Earth's crust (Commonly, a density of at least 5 g cm(3) is used to define a heavy metal and to differentiate it from other, ''light'' metals).

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33521

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