Ammonia can dissolve most organic molecules at least as well as water does and, in addition, it is capable of dissolving many elemental metals.

Copper, caesium and gold are the only three elemental metals with a natural color other than gray or silver..

Thus, through its use in astrology and alchemy, it has come to denote the elemental metal of the same name.

Mercury is the only elemental metal with a known melting point lower than caesium.

The effect is primarily seen on elemental metals but also occurs with alloys.

All of these metals' final chemical compounds can ultimately be reduced to the elemental metal using hydrogen.

Iron is a pure elemental metal.

Gold is a pure elemental metal.

Aluminum is a pure elemental metal.

It is here that the oxide becomes the elemental metal.