astatine
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
astatine
- A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 221:
- Astatine, for instance, is practically unstudied. It has a name and a place on the periodic table (next to Marie Curie's polonium), but almost nothing else.
- Synonyms: alabamine, anglo-helvetium
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 221:
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