Roentgenium (Noun)
Meaning
A radioactive transuranic element.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Roentgenium is a highly radioactive transuranic element that is not found naturally on Earth.
- The discovery of roentgenium was officially recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in 2004.
- Roentgenium is a synthetic element that can only be produced in a laboratory through the bombardment of other elements with high-energy particles.
- Due to its highly radioactive nature, roentgenium has no practical applications and is primarily of interest to scientists studying the properties of superheavy elements.
- The most stable known isotope of roentgenium has a half-life of just 26 minutes, making it extremely difficult to study and characterize.