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- adjective chemistry Describing any compound in which one or more
atoms are replaced by those of a (different)metal
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Examples
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The key to a "bottom-up" production of possibly the first heterometallic gallium-indium hydroxide nanocluster was the substitution of nitroso-butylamine as an additive in place of nitrosobenzene.
UO HomePage News 2008
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Researchers in Johnson's lab have been experimenting with low-temperature production of a series of such heterometallic nanoclusters, which consist of 13 atoms and contain two different metals in the metal 13 framework, which may prove desirable for long-term applications in solid-state electronics.
UO HomePage News 2008
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