On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Cerium. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as metal and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Cerium in a sentence
Cerium meaning
A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.
Synonyms of Cerium
Using Cerium
- The main meaning on this page is: A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.
- Useful related words include: ce, atomic number 58, metallic element, metal.
- In the example corpus, cerium often appears in combinations such as: cerium and, cerium oxide, and cerium.
Context around Cerium
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cerium
- In this selection, "cerium" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, excluding, teryx, calls, iii, reacts and inhibits stand out and add context to how "cerium" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3 when cerium reacts with and arc teryx cerium hoody is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cerium" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cerium
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lanthanum usually occurs together with cerium and the other rare earth elements. (12 words)
A combination of heavy and light rare earth oxides, excluding cerium and yttrium. (13 words)
Berkelium and cerium are then separated with another round of ion-exchange treatment. (13 words)
The relative ease with which the 4th electron can be removed in cerium and (to a lesser extent praseodymium) indicates why Ce(IV) and Pr(IV) compounds can be formed, for example CeO 2 is formed rather than Ce 2 O 3 when cerium reacts with oxygen. (47 words)
Greenwood & Earnshaw, p. 27 The electrons in the 4f-subshell, which is progressively filled from cerium (element 58) to ytterbium (element 70), are not particularly effective at shielding the increasing nuclear charge from the sub-shells further out. (38 words)
See, for example: citation Early techniques for chemically separating scandium, yttrium and lutetium relied on the fact that these elements occurred together in the so-called "yttrium group" whereas La and Ac occurred together in the "cerium group". (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
If cerium is the dominant lanthanide, then it is converted from cerium(III) to cerium(IV) and then precipitated.
Cells treated with just cerium had decreases in cell viability, but cells treated with both cerium and transferrin had more significant inhibition for cellular activity.
The relative ease with which the 4th electron can be removed in cerium and (to a lesser extent praseodymium) indicates why Ce(IV) and Pr(IV) compounds can be formed, for example CeO 2 is formed rather than Ce 2 O 3 when cerium reacts with oxygen.
This is the proposed mechanism for cerium’s effect on cancer cells, though the real mechanism may be more complex in how cerium inhibits cancer cell proliferation.
A combination of heavy and light rare earth oxides, excluding cerium and yttrium.
His team had discovered that under certain circumstances, the mechanical properties of cerium oxide – in pure form and when laced with impurities – didn’t fit the classical picture.
If saving space is a key consideration, the Arc’teryx Cerium Hoody is a much better option that’s just as warm, though not quite as durable.
Two others were North Korea’s Lazarus Group and a group Microsoft calls Cerium.
Berkelium and cerium are then separated with another round of ion-exchange treatment.
Cerium has shown results as an anti-cancer agent due to its similarities in structure and biochemistry to iron.
Cerium may bind in the place of iron on to the transferrin and then be brought into the cancer cells by transferrin-receptor mediated endocytosis.
Element substitution for the calcium cation often includes certain rare earth elements (REE), such as yttrium and cerium.
Greenwood & Earnshaw, p. 27 The electrons in the 4f-subshell, which is progressively filled from cerium (element 58) to ytterbium (element 70), are not particularly effective at shielding the increasing nuclear charge from the sub-shells further out.
In the periodic table, it appears to the right of the alkaline earth metal barium and to the left of the lanthanide cerium.
Lanthanide oxides: clockwise from top center: praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium and gadolinium.
Lanthanum usually occurs together with cerium and the other rare earth elements.
Lanthanum was first found by the Swedish chemist Carl Gustav Mosander in 1839 as an impurity in cerium nitrate – hence the name lanthanum, from the Ancient Greek λανθάνειν (lanthanein), meaning "to lie hidden".
One of the specific elements from the lanthanide group that has been tested and used is cerium (Ce).
See, for example: citation Early techniques for chemically separating scandium, yttrium and lutetium relied on the fact that these elements occurred together in the so-called "yttrium group" whereas La and Ac occurred together in the "cerium group".
The hybridisation is believed to be at its greatest for cerium, which has the lowest melting point of all, 795 °C.
Common combinations with cerium
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cerium and 4×
- cerium oxide 3×
- and cerium 3×
- from cerium 2×
- in cerium 2×
- for cerium 2×
- of cerium 2×