ionium
[ ahy-oh-nee-uhm ]
nounChemistry.
a naturally occurring radioactive isotope of thorium. Symbol: Io; atomic number: 90; atomic weight: 230.
Origin of ionium
1Words Nearby ionium
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How to use ionium in a sentence
ionium expels an alpha particle and becomes radium, which is a bivalent element resembling barium belonging to the second group.
A Brief Account of Radio-activity | Francis Preston Venable
British Dictionary definitions for ionium
ionium
/ (aɪˈəʊnɪəm) /
noun
obsolete a naturally occurring radioisotope of thorium with a mass number of 230: Symbol: Io
Origin of ionium
1C20: from New Latin, from ion + -ium
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