Ununpentium (Noun)
Meaning
A radioactive transuranic element.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The discovery of ununpentium was officially recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in 2011.
- Ununpentium is a highly radioactive metal with four known isotopes, none of which have a stable half-life.
- Scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia created the first atoms of ununpentium in 2000.
- The name ununpentium is a temporary one, taken from the Latin and Greek words for the numbers one and five, and is pending a permanent name.
- Due to its unstable nature and extremely short half-life, very little is known about the chemical properties of ununpentium.