单词 | strontium |
释义 | strontiumn. Chemistry. The metallic base of strontia; a dark-yellow metal, fusible at red heat. Symbol Sr.The salts of strontium are chiefly used for imparting a deep-red colour to flame. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > strontium > [noun] strontium1808 1808 H. Davy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 98 346 I shall venture to denominate the metals from the alkaline earths barium, strontium, calcium, and magnium. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xvii. 148 Copper is the only red-coloured metal known, whilst gold, strontium, and calcium are yellow. 1916 Med. Press & Circular 10 May 419/2 Lactate of strontium 2 grammes a day, to control the albuminuria. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as strontium chloride, etc. ΚΠ 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 447 [Price list enumerates:] Strontium acetate, bromide, carbonate, chloride, iodide, nitrate (pure, recrystallised), nitrate (commercial). C2. strontium 90 n. a radioactive isotope of strontium which is one of the chief products of the fission of uranium 235, can pass from fall-out into plants and animals and hence into human tissue (where it is concentrated in bones and teeth), and has been used in radiotherapy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactive isotope > specific isotopes > [noun] > strontium strontium 901955 the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > strontium > [noun] > radioactive isotope of strontium 901955 1955 Sci. News Let. 28 May 345/1 Strontium 90 is of particular interest because, being chemically similar to calcium, it may be deposited in human bone. 1961 Lancet 12 Aug. 366/1 Measurements of strontium 90 in human bone in the United Kingdom. 1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 126 257/1 Two fission products, Strontium 90 and Caesium 137 have particularly awkward half-lives of about 30 years. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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