The transition metals are the metals in the middle part of the periodic table.

过渡元素指元素周期表中位于中间位置的元素。

There are practically no heavy elements and metals.

几乎没有元素。

Rare earth elements are a collection of 17 metals.

稀土元素是17种元素的总称。

Cobalt is a metallic element, atomic number 27 in the period table.

钴是元素，原子序数是27。

Other times, the metals aren't an inherent part of the mineral.

有时，这些元素并非矿的固有组成。

Iron refuses to fuse any further, so the star is now jam-packed with heavy elements.

铁原子不会进一步聚变，所以这颗恒星现在充满了元素。

In fact, the same transition metals that give gems their color can make them drawn to magnets.

事实上，过渡元素赋予了宝石颜色，同样使磁体吸引。

It also had some elements of heavy metal.

还含有一些元素。

Sometimes, a specific metal is an inherent part of a mineral's structure, so the mineral always takes on that color.

有时，某种特殊元素是该矿结构的固有组成部分，所以这种矿常带有这种颜色。

Often, the metal responsible is iron, but rare earth elements like neodymium can do it too.

通常，造成这种情况的元素是铁，但是地球上的稀有元素如钕同样有此效果。

And often, those colors come from transition metals that are incorporated into the mineral's crystal structure — metals like copper, iron, and zinc.

通常，这些颜色是过渡元素和矿晶体结构共同作用的结构——元素如铜、铁和锌。

Silver is one of the few metallic elements that occurs naturally as the metal in nature.

银是为数不多的作为自然界中的自然存在的元素之一。

So Beats by Dre are known for, maybe, subtly enhancing the design of their headphones with some strategically-placed heavy metal to make them feel more premium.

Beats by Dre 以其巧妙的设计而闻名，在设计上采用了一些战略性的元素，让他感觉更加优质。

Now, there is one weird thing that scientists are far more confident exists inside those gas giants: non-metal elements that behave like metals and conduct electricity.

现在，科学家更加确定的一种存在于那些气态巨星中的奇异质就是表现出性状、能导电的非元素。

So to have any hope of interacting with one, physicists put enormous tanks of mineral oil spiked with a heavy element called gadolinium in a cave under a mountain near Daya Bay.

因此为了能与一种质相互作用，理学家使用了大量的与元素钆相结合的矿油，置于大亚湾附近的山下的窑洞中。