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  2. Radium - Wikipedia

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    226 Ra is the most stable isotope of radium and is the last isotope in the (4 n + 2) decay chain of uranium-238 with a half-life of over a millennium; it makes up almost all of natural radium. Its immediate decay product is the dense radioactive noble gas radon (specifically the isotope 222 Rn), which is responsible for much of the danger of ...

  3. List of chemical element name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    · Former name alabamine (Ab) was an earlier proposed name for astatine Radon (Rn) 86 radium: Latin via German and English [57] Contraction of radium emanation, since the element appears in the radioactive decay of radium. · Former name niton (Nt), from Latin nitens "shining", because of the radioluminescence of radon. Francium (Fr) 87 France ...

  4. Naming of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    Beryllium was named after the mineral beryl, whose name may have come from Belur, a city in Karnataka state of India. [18] [19] Indium gets its name from the indigo color seen in its spectrum, the Latin indicum meaning "of India", which makes it indirectly named after India. [20] Americium was named after the Americas. [21] [22] Europium was ...

  5. Otto Hahn - Wikipedia

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    Otto Hahn (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈhaːn] ⓘ; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry.He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and discoverer of nuclear fission, the science behind nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

  6. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    A material invented by Dr. Brazzelton, who dubs it "unobtanium" as its technical name has 37 syllables. Unobtanium is able to convert heat and pressure into energy that reinforces its own structure, allowing the construction of a vessel capable of enduring a trip to the Earth's core. In addition, it can also turn heat into electric power.

  7. Emile Armet de Lisle - Wikipedia

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    Sels de Radium, established near the family quinine plant at Nogent-sur-Marne, was dedicated to the manufacture of radium salts, and related products, using the Curie method. This included the development of devices that were used to ship the radium, or actually harness its radiation in a laboratory setting. [ 3 ]

  8. Chemical element - Wikipedia

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    A chemical element is a chemical substance whose atoms all have the same number of protons.The number of protons is called the atomic number of that element. For example, oxygen has an atomic number of 8, meaning each oxygen atom has 8 protons in its nucleus.

  9. History of the periodic table - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 November 2024. Development of the table of chemical elements The American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg —after whom the element seaborgium is named—standing in front of a periodic table, May 19, 1950 Part of a series on the Periodic table Periodic table forms 18-column 32-column Alternative and ...