chemical element
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One shipment tested positive for Cesium-137, the radioactive form of the chemical element Cesium.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025
A California City council member is facing federal charges for allegedly arranging to have an SUV filled with the chemical element mercury moved without proper precautions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
After oxygen, it is the second most abundant chemical element on Earth in terms of mass.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024
Isotopes are versions of the same chemical element with different masses.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2023
Every time we add one or more protons and enough neutrons to keep the nucleus together, we make a new chemical element.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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