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protoactinium

American  
[proh-toh-ak-tin-ee-uhm] / ˌproʊ toʊ ækˈtɪn i əm /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. protactinium.


protoactinium British  
/ ˌprəʊtəʊækˈtɪnɪəm /

noun

  1. the former name of protactinium

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There they in turn decay, but protoactinium 231 decays faster than thorium 230.

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Dr. von Grosse spread the chloride on a tungsten filament in a vacuum, heated the filament, boiled off the chlorine, obtained his bit of pure protoactinium.

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Last week Dr. von Grosse created another stir by revealing that the world supply of protoactinium had unfortunately disappeared.

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Last month Dr. von Grosse asked to have the world supply of protoactinium back for a while so that he could make more photographs.

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When it slowly decays radioactively, it yields protoactinium 231 and thorium 230, both of which attach themselves to sediment particles and sink slowly to the bottom.

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