radium emanation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of radium emanation
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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A. Oxygenator A radium emanation for the bath.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis
The radium emanation is a gas about 111 times heavier than hydrogen; to this gas Sir William Ramsay has given the name niton.
From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison
Decomposition of mucous membrane: Abdominal packs, partial packs, with vinegar and water, or salt and radium emanation, oxygenator and other baths, in case especially prescribed.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis
Radium then expels an alpha particle and becomes the gas, radium emanation, which is an analogue of argon and belongs to the zero group.
From A Brief Account of Radio-activity by Venable, Francis Preston
The alpha-ray particles appear to possess the mass of helium atoms, and the growth of helium has been detected by its spectrum in a tube of radium emanation.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
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