Look up: polonium

1. Polonium
   A radioactive element that occurs in pitchblende and other uranium-containing ores.
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2. polonium
   [n] - a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth
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3. Polonium
   Polonium is a radioactive element. Symbol Po
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4. polonium
   chemical element:atomic number 84 Category: Chemistry
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5. Polonium
   Po·lo'ni·um noun [ New Latin So named after Poland, in Latin form Polonia , one of the discoverers being a Pole.] (Chemistry) A supposed new element, a radioactive substance discovered by M. and MMe. Curie in pitchblende. It is closely rela...
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6. polonium
   <chemical> Polonium. A radioactive element that is a member of the chalcogen family. It has the atomic symbol po, atomic number 84, and the atomic weight of the isotope with the longest half-life (209po) is 208.98. It decays by alpha-emission. ... Chemical name: Polonium ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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7. polonium
   Po noun a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor
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8. polonium
   (Po) (pә-lo´ne-әm) a chemical element, atomic number 84, atomic weight 210.
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9. Polonium
   • (n.) A supposed new element, a radioactive substance discovered by M. and MMe. Curie in pitchblende. It is closely related chemically to bismuth. It emits only alpha rays and is perhaps identical with radium F.
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10. polonium
    a radioactive, silvery-gray or black metallic element of the oxygen family (Group VIa in the periodic table). The first element to be discovered by ... [6 related articles]
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11. polonium
    polonium (pulō'nēum) , radioactive chemical element; symbol Po; at. no. 84; mass no. of most stable isotope 209; m.p. 254°C; b.p. 962°C; sp. gr. about 9.4; valence +2 or +4. Polonium is an extremely rare element found in uranium ores (about 0.1 gram per ton). A product of rad...
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12. Polonium
    Polonium is a metal radioactive element with the symbol Po.
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13. polonium
    (Po) Type: Term Pronunciation: pō-lō′nē-ŭm Definitions: 1. A radioactive element, atomic no. 84, isolated from pitchblende; the longest-lived isotope is 209Po (half-life 102 years); 210Po is radium F (half-life 138.38 days), the only readily accessible isotope.
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14. polonium
    Radioactive, metallic element, atomic number 84, relative atomic mass 210. Polonium occurs in nature in small amounts and was isolated from pitchblende. It is the element having the largest number of isotopes (27) and is 5,000 times as radioactive as radium, liberating considerable amounts of heat. ...
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