LP14257-7
Heavy metals
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Description
A heavy metal is any of a number of higher atomic weight elements, which normally presents as a metallic substance at room temperatures. There are several different definitions of which elements fall in this class designation: According to one definition, heavy metals are a group of elements between copper and bismuth on the periodic table of the elementshaving specific gravities greater than 4.0.A stricter definition limits the term to those metals heavier than the rare earth metals, at the bottom of the periodic table. None of these are essential elements in biological systems; all of the more well-known elements with the exception of bismuth and gold are toxic. Thorium and uranium are sometimes included as well, but they are more often called simply radioactive metals. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , Heavy metals (Wikipedia)
Reference Information
| Type | Source | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Article | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry | Heavy Metals - A Meaningless term? (IUPAC Technical Report) Pure Appl. Chem. 2002; 74:793-807. Link to IUPAC |
| Article | Regenstrief LOINC | 'Heavy Metal' Does Not Necessarily Mean 'Toxic'. Nickel. 2006;21:6. Link to article |
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Heavy metals
- Part Display Name
- Heavy metals
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Heavy Metals
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 重金属 Synonyms: 重金属类 |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Metales pesados |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Metalli pesanti |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Raskemetallid |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Ağır metaller |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Тяжёлые металлы |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Métaux lourds |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Métaux lourds |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | zware metalen |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Βαρέα μέταλλα Synonyms: Βαρέα μέταλλα |
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