Transactinide (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or belonging to the elements with atomic numbers greater than 103.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The transactinide elements, being highly radioactive, have extremely short half-lives, which makes them difficult to study.
- Due to their radioactive properties, the chemical properties of transactinide elements are still not well understood.
- Scientists discovered four naturally occurring transactinide elements, although their existence is not well established.
- Transactinide elements can only be synthesized artificially in a lab environment, and their creation requires highly advanced equipment.
- One major challenge in studying transactinide elements is their meager yields during synthesis, resulting in very limited quantities available for analysis.