| 释义 |
† niton Chem. Obs.|ˈnaɪtɒn|
[f. L. nit-ēre to shine + -on2.]
= radon.
1911Gray & Ramsay in Proc. R. Soc. A. LXXXIV. 550 To show its relation to gases of the argon series, it should receive a similar name... The name ‘niton’, Nt, which has been used in this paper is suggested as sufficiently distinctive. 1912Bath & Wilts. Chron. 12 Mar. 4/2 Solid niton causes the glass or silica tube in which it is necessary to confine it to glow with a brilliant light. 1926G. Birtwistle Quantum Theory of Atom xv. 154 The conclusions..agree with Bohr's general scheme, which gives niton orbits up to quantum number 6. 1947Science News V. 157 In the six years 1894–1900 there were added to the periodic table five new elements, constituting a group soon to be completed by niton (the radioactive emanation). |