Dubnium (Noun)
Meaning
A transuranic element.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Dubnium is a highly radioactive, synthetic transuranic element with the atomic number 105.
- The element dubnium is a member of the d-block of the periodic table, despite its placement in the superheavy elements group.
- Dubnium was officially discovered in 1970 and is named after the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia.
- Research on dubnium has shown that the element is highly unstable and decays rapidly through alpha decay.
- Chemists and physicists are still studying dubnium in order to understand its physical and chemical properties.