Lawrencium (Noun)
Meaning
A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Lawrencium is a highly radioactive element with a half-life of only a few hours.
- The element lawrencium was first synthesized in 1961 by bombarding californium with boron nuclei.
- Due to its highly radioactive nature, lawrencium has no known practical applications.
- Lawrencium is named after Ernest Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron, a type of particle accelerator.
- Research on lawrencium is challenging due to its extreme rarity and short half-life.