Ununhexium (Noun)
Meaning
A radioactive transuranic element.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The synthesis of ununhexium is typically carried out by bombarding berkelium or californium with ions of lighter elements to create the highly radioactive new element.
- The extreme instability of ununhexium means that only a few atoms have been synthesized to date.
- As an extremely radioactive and short-lived element, ununhexium poses significant challenges to researchers studying its properties.
- Scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research have reported successful experiments producing a few atoms of ununhexium by fusing americium and carbon nuclei.
- The current experimental status of ununhexium has made it impossible to measure many of its basic properties.