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Metallicity
Relative abundance of heavy elements in a star or other astronomical object / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In astronomy, metallicity is the abundance of elements present in an object that are heavier than hydrogen and helium. Most of the normal currently detectable (i.e. non-dark) matter in the universe is either hydrogen or helium, and astronomers use the word "metals" as convenient shorthand for "all elements except hydrogen and helium". This word-use is distinct from the conventional chemical or physical definition of a metal as an electrically conducting solid. Stars and nebulae with relatively high abundances of heavier elements are called "metal-rich" in when discussing metallicity, even though many of those elements are called nonmetals in chemistry.
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