Definition of rutherfordium in English:
rutherfordium
noun ˌrʌðəˈfɔːdɪəmˌrəðərˈfɔrdiəm
mass nounThe chemical element of atomic number 104, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions.
Example sentencesExamples
- My second project is the investigation of the chemistry of rutherfordium in the gas phase.
- Due to its extremely short half-life (about 0.1milliseconds), there's no reason for considering the effects of rutherfordium in the environment.
- And the Berkeley name for element 104, rutherfordium, was surely an honour due to one of the century's greatest nuclear physicists.
- The daughter isotope, rutherfordium - 259 (an isotope of element 104), recoiled into an opposing detector.
- The American team, on the other hand, proposed the name rutherfordium for the new element, in honor of the great British scientist Sir Ernest Rutherford.
Origin
1960s: modern Latin, named after E. Rutherford (see Rutherford, Sir Ernest).
Definition of rutherfordium in US English:
rutherfordium
nounˌrəT͟Hərˈfôrdēəmˌrəðərˈfɔrdiəm
The chemical element of atomic number 104, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions.
Example sentencesExamples
- Due to its extremely short half-life (about 0.1milliseconds), there's no reason for considering the effects of rutherfordium in the environment.
- My second project is the investigation of the chemistry of rutherfordium in the gas phase.
- The American team, on the other hand, proposed the name rutherfordium for the new element, in honor of the great British scientist Sir Ernest Rutherford.
- The daughter isotope, rutherfordium - 259 (an isotope of element 104), recoiled into an opposing detector.
- And the Berkeley name for element 104, rutherfordium, was surely an honour due to one of the century's greatest nuclear physicists.
Origin
1960s: modern Latin, named after E. Rutherford (see Rutherford, Sir Ernest).