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noble metal

metal resistant to corrosion and oxidation in moist air, e.g. ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold
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Summary

noble metal is a chemical series[1]. It draws 3,487 Wikipedia views per month (chemical series category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: metal element[3]
  • Opposite of: active metal[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Noble metals[5]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[6], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7]
  • Has characteristic: inertness[8]
  • Different from: precious metal[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

noble metal has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Research Institute for Precious Metals and Metal Chemistry

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → taurieji-metalai
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: taurieji-metalai"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007626-uslechtile-kovy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0007626-uslechtile-kovy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has characteristic → inertness
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → metal element
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 7410, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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