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单词 rubidium
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Definition of rubidium in English:

rubidium

noun rʊˈbɪdɪəmruˈbɪdiəm
mass noun
  • The chemical element of atomic number 37, a rare soft silvery reactive metal of the alkali metal group.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They mapped the patterns made by known elements and discovered many new ones, including rubidium and cesium.
    • Those that produce a measurable spectrum when subjected to flame include, but are not limited to, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, and cadmium.
    • Elements such as rubidium, zirconium, and aluminum are mostly incorporated into human biochemistry as a consequence of their association with essential elements present in the human diet.
    • These elements - lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium and francium - all react with water to give solutions that change the color of a vegetable dye from red to blue.
    • Cesium and rubidium lose their valence electrons especially easily when light strikes their polished surfaces and are photosensitive over the full visible spectrum.
    • The ratio of the amount of the element produced to rubidium remaining in the sample is one of the methods that is being used by geologists to determine the age of the rocks of the Earth.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin rubidus 'red' (with reference to its spectral lines).

Rhymes

cryptosporidium, cymbidium, idiom, iridium
 
 

Definition of rubidium in US English:

rubidium

nounro͞oˈbidēəmruˈbɪdiəm
  • The chemical element of atomic number 37, a rare soft silvery reactive metal of the alkali metal group.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ratio of the amount of the element produced to rubidium remaining in the sample is one of the methods that is being used by geologists to determine the age of the rocks of the Earth.
    • Cesium and rubidium lose their valence electrons especially easily when light strikes their polished surfaces and are photosensitive over the full visible spectrum.
    • These elements - lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium and francium - all react with water to give solutions that change the color of a vegetable dye from red to blue.
    • Elements such as rubidium, zirconium, and aluminum are mostly incorporated into human biochemistry as a consequence of their association with essential elements present in the human diet.
    • They mapped the patterns made by known elements and discovered many new ones, including rubidium and cesium.
    • Those that produce a measurable spectrum when subjected to flame include, but are not limited to, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, and cadmium.

Origin

Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin rubidus ‘red’ (with reference to its spectral lines).

 
 
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