Meaning Of The Word Technetium
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Technetium Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Technetium?
technetium in American English
a silver-gray, metallic chemical element obtained by the irradiation of molybdenum with deuterons and in the fission of uranium: it does not exist in nature and all its isotopes are radioactive: it is a superconductor, an inhibitor of metal corrosion, and noun: an element of the manganese family, not found in nature, but obtained in the fission of uranium or by the bombardment of molybdenum; at. wt.: 99; at. no.: 43; sp. gr.: 11.5 technetium in British English noun: a silvery-grey metallic element, artificially produced by bombardment of molybdenum by deuterons: used to inhibit corrosion in steel. The radioisotope technetium-99m, with a half-life of six hours, is used in radiotherapy. Symbol: Tc; atomic no: 43; half- |
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