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heavy metal

Any metal with a high specific gravity, generally > 5. Heavy metals include: 1) iron (Fe) 2) cobolt (Co) 3) copper (Cu) 4) manganese (Mn) 5) molybdenum (Mo) 6) zinc (Zn) 7) vanadium (Vn) 8) lead (Pb) 9) mercury (Hg) 10) gold (Au) 11) silver (Ag) 12) cadmium (Cd) 13) arsenic (As)

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References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999