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单词 europium
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Definition of europium in English:

europium

noun jʊ(ə)rˈəʊpɪəmjəˈroʊpiəm
mass noun
  • The chemical element of atomic number 63, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. Europium oxide is used with yttrium oxide as a red phosphor in colour television screens.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, the mare basalts were depleted in aluminum and europium, whereas the anorthosites were loaded with aluminum and enriched in europium.
    • By replacing yttrium ions with europium, the researchers could make garnets with a violet hue, while ytterbium, zirconium, and cerium produced green garnets.
    • For undergraduate chemistry it was required that one could recite the whole thing from memory, to know that iridium lies at the foot of cobalt, that europium is sandwiched between samarium and gadolinium.
    • Is there enough chromium, cobalt, helium, and manganese - not to mention erbium, europium, and gadolinium - on the planet to last indefinitely?
    • Typical materials used for the former are europium yttrium vanadate and yttrium oxysulphide doped with europium.

Origin

Early 20th century: modern Latin, based on Europe.

Rhymes

opium
 
 

Definition of europium in US English:

europium

nounyəˈrōpēəmjəˈroʊpiəm
  • The chemical element of atomic number 63, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. Europium oxide is used with yttrium oxide as a red phosphor in color television screens.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By replacing yttrium ions with europium, the researchers could make garnets with a violet hue, while ytterbium, zirconium, and cerium produced green garnets.
    • Typical materials used for the former are europium yttrium vanadate and yttrium oxysulphide doped with europium.
    • Is there enough chromium, cobalt, helium, and manganese - not to mention erbium, europium, and gadolinium - on the planet to last indefinitely?
    • For undergraduate chemistry it was required that one could recite the whole thing from memory, to know that iridium lies at the foot of cobalt, that europium is sandwiched between samarium and gadolinium.
    • For example, the mare basalts were depleted in aluminum and europium, whereas the anorthosites were loaded with aluminum and enriched in europium.

Origin

Early 20th century: modern Latin, based on Europe.

 
 
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