重金属(じゅうきんぞく)

じゅうきんぞく
noun
heavy metal (chemistry)
technicalscience
1. heavy metal (chemistry)
A metal with a high density, such as lead, mercury, or cadmium; often discussed as a cause of pollution.
重金属(じゅうきんぞく)による汚染(おせん)。
Heavy-metal pollution.
川(かわ)の水(みず)から重金属(じゅうきんぞく)が検出(けんしゅつ)された。
Heavy metals were detected in the river water.
水銀(すいぎん)やカドミウムなどの重金属(じゅうきんぞく)は、体(からだ)にたまると健康(けんこう)に害(がい)を与(あた)える。
Heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium harm health when they build up in the body.

A science and environment term. In Japan it is closely associated with the pollution diseases of the 1950s–60s, such as 水俣病(みなまたびょう) (mercury poisoning).

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  • The music genre is ヘビーメタル (or ヘビメタ), never 重金属(じゅうきんぞく).
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