radium
IPA: rˈeɪdiʌm
noun
- The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.
- (textiles, dated) A type of cloth woven from silk or synthetic yarn, often with a shiny appearance.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To treat (a tumour, etc.) with radium.
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Examples of "radium" in Sentences
- The normal phase of radium is a solid.
- The radium was discovered from local rocks.
- The scientific history of radium is beautiful.
- Is it because of the unstable nature of radium
- Which isotope exhibits the radioluminescence of radium
- The other is colorless and contains radium and carbonate.
- The emission of alpha particles by the radium was responsible.
- Radium bromide is the bromide salt of radium, with the formula RaBr2.
- Radon is formed in the lithosphere as from the alpha decay of radium.
- The source of radium is probably in the underlying mesozoic carbonate rocks.