释义 |
car·no·tite \ˈkärnəˌtīt\ noun (-s) Etymology: French, from M.A. Carnot died 1920 French inspector general of mines + French -ite : a mineral K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O consisting of a hydrous strongly radioactive vanadate of uranium and potassium that occurs as a powder or in loosely coherent masses of a canary-yellow color at various points in western Colorado and is a source of radium and uranium |