transition metal
noun
: any of various metallic elements (such as chromium, iron, and nickel) that have valence electrons in two shells instead of only one
called also transition element
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While energy transition metals show promise, other commodities faced sharp declines in 2024.
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Frank Holmes, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Miners extracting energy transition metals like copper, nickel or cobalt operate under a law that's more than 150 years old and don't get charged a federal royalty — unlike coal, oil and gas.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Both molybdenum disulphide and tungsten diselenide belong to a group called transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs).
—Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
The high-voltage operation leads to issues such as transition metal dissolution, corrosion stress cracking and electrolyte oxidation, which result in poor coulombic efficiency and short cycle life.
—Matthew Dawson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The ore contains the rare transition metal niobium, which is used in steel production and becomes a superconductor when cooled to low temperatures.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
In other cases, e-waste might represent a significant supply of a specialized energy transition metal.
—Maddie Stone / Grist, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
Materials to replace or work alongside silicon, such as transition metal dichalcogenides, have been the subject of research by scientists for decades.
—Belle Lin, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
Some of the new materials include transition metals, which are much more abundant and easier to obtain than iridium, while other promising candidates still contain iridium but as part of a different structure that makes the entire material more reactive than pure iridium.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2023
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Frank Holmes, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Miners extracting energy transition metals like copper, nickel or cobalt operate under a law that's more than 150 years old and don't get charged a federal royalty — unlike coal, oil and gas.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Both molybdenum disulphide and tungsten diselenide belong to a group called transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs).
—Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
The high-voltage operation leads to issues such as transition metal dissolution, corrosion stress cracking and electrolyte oxidation, which result in poor coulombic efficiency and short cycle life.
—Matthew Dawson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The ore contains the rare transition metal niobium, which is used in steel production and becomes a superconductor when cooled to low temperatures.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
In other cases, e-waste might represent a significant supply of a specialized energy transition metal.
—Maddie Stone / Grist, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
Materials to replace or work alongside silicon, such as transition metal dichalcogenides, have been the subject of research by scientists for decades.
—Belle Lin, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
Some of the new materials include transition metals, which are much more abundant and easier to obtain than iridium, while other promising candidates still contain iridium but as part of a different structure that makes the entire material more reactive than pure iridium.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2023
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