trace element

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The plot is laced with trace elements of foreboding, but danger never reaches concentrations that produce actual drama.

From Washington Post

“Natural gas isn’t refined to be super clean — there are trace elements of other compounds, like benzene,” a carcinogen, said Leifer.

From Seattle Times

To learn more, researchers will need to analyze trace elements in the new inclusion, Tschauner says.

From Scientific American

Measures announced Tuesday include a soil stability study, monitoring levels in the waterhole, hydro-geochemical analysis of major compounds and trace elements of groundwater, and a study evaluating the current drainage system.

From Reuters

Certain stable isotopes, and the presence of trace elements, can help determine where a person grew up and what that person’s diet and health were like later in life.

From New York Times