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Radium Definition

radium

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English

Chemical element
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Noun

radium (uncountable)

Wikipedia has an article on: Radium
  1. a radioactive metallic chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88.

Derived terms

terms derived from radium
  • eka-radium
  • radium A
  • radium B
  • radium beam
  • radium bomb
  • radium bromide
  • radium burn
  • radium C
  • radium C', radium C1
  • [[radium C'']], radium C2
  • radium chloride
  • radium clock
  • radium D
  • radium D1, radium E
  • radium emanation
  • radium F
  • radium fluoride
  • radium G
  • radium hydroxide
  • radium iodide
  • radiumise, radiumize
  • radium needle
  • radium oxide
  • radium plaque
  • radium sulfate, radium sulphate
  • radium therapy
  • radon

Related terms

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Radium

Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation

Noun

radium n.

  1. (chemistry) radium

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on: Radium

Wikipedia fi

Noun

radium

  1. (chemistry) radium

Declension

declension of radium (type risti)
singular plural
nominative radium
genitive radiumin
partitive radiumia
accusative radium radiumin
inessive radiumissa
elative radiumista
illative radiumiin
adessive radiumilla
ablative radiumilta
allative radiumille
essive radiumina
translative radiumiksi
instructive
abessive radiumitta
comitative

Anagrams


French

French Wikipedia has an article on: Radium

Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

Noun

radium m (usually uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) radium

Latin

Noun

radium

  1. accusative singular of radius

 

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Radium ( / ˈ r eɪ d i ə m / ray-dee-əm) is a chemical element with atomic number 88, represented by the symbol Ra. Radium is an almost pure-white alkaline earth metal, but it readily oxidizes on exposure to air, becoming black in color. All isotopes of radium are highly radioactive, with the most stable isotope being radium-226, which has a half-life of 1601 years and decays into radon gas. Because of such instability, radium is luminescent, glowing a faint blue.
from: Wikipedia: radium,
Tue Apr 24 22:09:16 2012