a soft ductile reactive silvery-white element of the lanthanide series of metals: used as the red phosphor in colour television and in lasers. Symbol: Eu; atomic no: 63; atomic wt: 151.965; valency: 2 or 3; relative density: 5.244; melting pt: 822°C; boiling pt: 1527°C
Word origin
C20: named after Europe + -ium
europium in American English
(juˈroʊpiəm)
noun
a chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, used as the red phosphor in color TVs: symbol, Eu; at. no., 63
Word origin
ModL: so named (1901) by E. A. Demarçay (1852-1904), Fr chemist < Europe + -ium