masurium
Britishnoun
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Origin of masurium
C20: New Latin, after Masuria , where it was discovered
Example Sentences
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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
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