cerium
/ˈsɪərɪəm
/noun [mass noun]
The chemical element of atomic number 58, a silvery-white metal. It is the most abundant of the lanthanide elements and is the main component of the alloy misch metal. (Symbol: Ce) Green light is also emitted from some lanthanide elements: lanthanum, cerium, and terbium....
- Correlated systems include radioactive metals, such as plutonium, and compounds based on so-called rare earth elements and transition metals, such as cerium, ytterbium and copper.
- That porous layer, which contains stabilized zirconia and small amounts of the metals ruthenium and cerium, chemically and cleanly converts the fuel to hydrogen.
Origin
Early 19th century: named after the asteroid Ceres, discovered shortly before.
Rhymes
- heparin
- heparinise
- heparinization
- heparinize
- hepatic
- hepatica
- Hepaticae
- hepatic portal vein
- hepatitis
- hepatitis A
- hepatitis B
- hepatitis C
- hepatitis D
- hepatitis delta
- hepato-
- hepatocyte
- hepatoma
- hepatomegaly
- hepatopancreas
- hepatotoxic
- hepatotoxicity
- hepatotoxin
- Hepburn, Audrey
- Hepburn, Katharine
- hepcat