Atomic Number 37 (Noun)
Meaning
A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Rubidium is the chemical element with the atomic number 37 as well as its symbol Rb and an atomic mass of 85.4678.
- The chemical element with atomic number 37 is also the 16th most abundant mineral element in the Earth's crust.
- Rubidium, a chemical element found in nature with atomic number 37 is one of four elements, the others being caesium, francium, and barium.
- Atomic number 37 is the number that defines an element's rubidium atom in chemistry and is used to specify the number of protons in an atom.
- The chemical symbol for the element with atomic number 37 comes from the Latin word rubidus, which means 'deep red,' a reference to the appearance of this element when lit by a flame.