Definition of transuranic in English:
transuranic
adjective ˌtrɑːnsjʊˈranɪkˌtranzjʊˈranɪkˌtransjʊˈranɪkˌtrɑːnzjʊˈranɪkˌtræntzjʊˈrænɪk
Chemistry (of an element) having a higher atomic number than uranium (92).
Example sentencesExamples
- Synthesis of the heavier transuranic elements, as well as of radioisotopes of the natural elements, is sometimes included under the broader umbrella of chemical synthesis.
- Radon is a naturally occurring colourless, odourless gas that is emitted from rocks containing minerals rich in the transuranic elements.
- Berkelium is a transuranic element, with an atomic number of 97 and an atomic mass of 274.0703.
- This is the first record of the production of synthetic elements, known as transuranic elements.
- It finishes with a chronology of metal discoveries through to the transuranic elements.
- The first genuine transuranic element was discovered at Berkeley, where Edwin McMillan used Lawrence's cyclotron in 1939 to bombard uranium with slow neutrons.
Definition of transuranic in US English:
transuranic
adjectiveˌtrantzyo͝oˈranikˌtræntzjʊˈrænɪk
Chemistry (of an element) having a higher atomic number than uranium (92).
Example sentencesExamples
- Synthesis of the heavier transuranic elements, as well as of radioisotopes of the natural elements, is sometimes included under the broader umbrella of chemical synthesis.
- The first genuine transuranic element was discovered at Berkeley, where Edwin McMillan used Lawrence's cyclotron in 1939 to bombard uranium with slow neutrons.
- It finishes with a chronology of metal discoveries through to the transuranic elements.
- Berkelium is a transuranic element, with an atomic number of 97 and an atomic mass of 274.0703.
- Radon is a naturally occurring colourless, odourless gas that is emitted from rocks containing minerals rich in the transuranic elements.
- This is the first record of the production of synthetic elements, known as transuranic elements.