Back Edelmetaal Afrikaans فلزات نبيلة Arabic Metal noble AST Nəcib metallar Azerbaijani Благороден метал Bulgarian নোবেল ধাতু Bengali/Bangla Metall noble Catalan Ušlechtilé kovy Czech Пархатарлă металл CV Ædelmetal Danish
| H | He | |||||||||||||||||
| Li | Be | B | C | N | O | F | Ne | |||||||||||
| Na | Mg | Al | Si | P | S | Cl | Ar | |||||||||||
| K | Ca | Sc | Ti | V | Cr | Mn | Fe | Co | Ni | Cu | Zn | Ga | Ge | As | Se | Br | Kr | |
| Rb | Sr | Y | Zr | Nb | Mo | Tc | Ru | Rh | Pd | Ag | Cd | In | Sn | Sb | Te | I | Xe | |
| Cs | Ba | * | Hf | Ta | W | Re | Os | Ir | Pt | Au | Hg | Tl | Pb | Bi | Po | At | Rn | |
| Fr | Ra | ** | Rf | Db | Sg | Bh | Hs | Mt | Ds | Rg | Cn | Nh | Fl | Mc | Lv | Ts | Og | |
| * | La | Ce | Pr | Nd | Pm | Sm | Eu | Gd | Tb | Dy | Ho | Er | Tm | Yb | Lu | |||
| ** | Ac | Th | Pa | U | Np | Pu | Am | Cm | Bk | Cf | Es | Fm | Md | No | Lr | |||
Edelmetalle sind Metalle, die korrosionsbeständig sind, also in natürlicher Umgebung unter Einwirkung von Luft und Wasser dauerhaft chemisch stabil sind. Zu den Edelmetallen gehören im engeren Sinn Gold, Silber, Platin und Palladium.