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illinium
[ih-lin-ee-uhm]
noun
Chemistry.
promethium. Il
illinium
/ ɪˈlɪnɪəm /
noun
chem the former name for promethium
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Word History and Origins
Origin of illinium1
C20: New Latin, from Illinois + -ium
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Dr. Hopkins of Illinois had isolated a new chemical element, No. 61 in Mendeleev's table, and named it Illinium.
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Dr. Hopkins has called it illinium.
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This, the only element so far revealed by a U. S. chemist, was named Illinium.*
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The light of the sun, or any light, for that matter, was concentrated through the lens onto a series of photo-electric cells, composed of an alloy of selenium and the far more delicate element, illinium.
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