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单词 neptunium
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Definition of neptunium in English:

neptunium

noun nɛpˈtjuːnɪəmnɛpˈt(j)uniəm
mass noun
  • The chemical element of atomic number 93, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Neptunium was discovered as a product of the bombardment of uranium with neutrons, and occurs only in trace amounts in nature.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All isotopes of neptunium are radioactive, the longest lived being neptunium - 237 with a half life of 2,140,000 years.
    • When struck by neutrons, nuclei of neptunium and other nuclear materials can fission into two smaller nuclei.
    • Each tank round is 10 pounds of solid uranium - 238 contaminated with plutonium, neptunium, americium.
    • They produced neptunium, which decayed by beta emission, shunting the element one place further along the Periodic Table.
    • Just as Neptune comes right after Uranus in the solar system, so, too, does neptunium come right after uranium in the periodic table.
    • As beta decay does not change the atomic mass, the isotope of the new element number 93, neptunium, also has mass 239.
    • In Basra they have found the bombs that were used had enriched uranium in them - neptunium.
    • The Berkeley cyclotron created many elements never found in nature - including plutonium, which directly follows neptunium in the table.
    • They had to be named after the next two planets, and so were called neptunium and plutonium - both found at Berkeley using the new cyclotron.
    • The new elements were named neptunium and plutonium, respectively.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Neptune, on the pattern of uranium (Neptune being the next planet beyond Uranus).

 
 

Definition of neptunium in US English:

neptunium

nounnɛpˈt(j)uniəmnepˈt(y)o͞onēəm
  • The chemical element of atomic number 93, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Neptunium was discovered as a product of the bombardment of uranium with neutrons, and occurs only in trace amounts in nature.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just as Neptune comes right after Uranus in the solar system, so, too, does neptunium come right after uranium in the periodic table.
    • They had to be named after the next two planets, and so were called neptunium and plutonium - both found at Berkeley using the new cyclotron.
    • The Berkeley cyclotron created many elements never found in nature - including plutonium, which directly follows neptunium in the table.
    • Each tank round is 10 pounds of solid uranium - 238 contaminated with plutonium, neptunium, americium.
    • All isotopes of neptunium are radioactive, the longest lived being neptunium - 237 with a half life of 2,140,000 years.
    • They produced neptunium, which decayed by beta emission, shunting the element one place further along the Periodic Table.
    • The new elements were named neptunium and plutonium, respectively.
    • When struck by neutrons, nuclei of neptunium and other nuclear materials can fission into two smaller nuclei.
    • As beta decay does not change the atomic mass, the isotope of the new element number 93, neptunium, also has mass 239.
    • In Basra they have found the bombs that were used had enriched uranium in them - neptunium.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Neptune, on the pattern of uranium (Neptune being the next planet beyond Uranus).

 
 
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