masurium

/ məˈsʊərɪəm /

noun

1. the former name for technetium

Word History and Origins

Origin of masurium¹

C20: New Latin, after Masuria , where it was discovered

Example Sentences

It was she who managed to find two new elements, rhenium and masurium, that Dmitri Mendeleev had predicted would form part of the periodic table.

From BBC

But masurium is now known as technetium, the discovery of which is attributed to Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segre.

From BBC

The German husband-and-wife team Walter and Ida Noddack claimed to have glimpsed element 43 as part of a nuclear reaction, and named it "masurium" after the Masurian lakes, where Walter was born.

From BBC

This meant that, in the case of element 43, the Noddacks’ claim for masurium should be dismissed and should be replaced by technetium, as synthesized by Segrè and Perrier.

From Scientific American