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 Translation for 'promethium' from English to Greek
NOUN   promethium | -
SYNO atomic number 61 | Pm | promethium
χημ.
promethium {noun} <Pm>
προμήθειο {το} <Pm>
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Translation for 'promethium' from English to Greek

promethium {noun} <Pm>
προμήθειο {το} <Pm>χημ.
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Usage Examples English
  • In nature, spontaneous fission of uranium-238 produces trace amounts of radioactive promethium, but most promethium is synthetically produced in nuclear reactors.
  • Radioactive elements that were verifiably identified in this star include technetium and promethium.
  • In the second half of the 20th century, radium was progressively replaced with promethium-147.
  • One of the test subjects in his experiments was his 16-year-old daughter, Kole, whom he grafted with crystal and Promethium (a fictionalized version of the real-world element promethium).
  • Richter is listed as a co-discoverer of promethium in some post-2000 internet and print sources on the history of the elements and the discovery of promethium.

  • Erämetsä's most well-known, though controversial achievement, was the isolation of the element promethium from these natural sources.
  • Promethium(III) fluoride or promethium trifluoride is a salt of promethium and fluorine with the formula PmF3.
  • The two sources of natural promethium are rare alpha decays of natural europium-151 (producing promethium-147) and spontaneous fission of uranium (various isotopes).
  • The artificial chemical element promethium is named after Prometheus.
  • Its most striking characteristic is the presence of the unstable element promethium in its emission spectrum.

  • Charles DuBois Coryell (February 21, 1912 &ndash; January 7, 1971) was an American chemist who was one of the discoverers of the element promethium.
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