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Fermium in a sentence
Fermium meaning
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100.
Synonyms of Fermium
Using Fermium
- The main meaning on this page is: A transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100.
- Useful related words include: fm, atomic number 100, metallic element, metal.
- In the example corpus, fermium often appears in combinations such as: of fermium.
Context around Fermium
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fermium
- In this selection, "fermium" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, actinide, infobox, pure, compounds, 257 and metal stand out and add context to how "fermium" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new fermium isotope 258 and although pure fermium metal has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fermium" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fermium
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nineteen isotopes of fermium are known with mass numbers of 242–260. (12 words)
Experiments have been performed on injecting einsteinium citrate (as well as fermium compounds) to dogs. (15 words)
The three disks were expected to contain respectively the fermium, no new elements, and the mendelevium. (16 words)
It is the heaviest element that can be formed by neutron bombardment of lighter elements, and hence the last element that can be prepared in macroscopic quantities, although pure fermium metal has not yet been prepared. (36 words)
Owing to the small amounts of produced fermium and all of its isotopes having relatively short half-lives, there are currently no uses for it outside of basic scientific research. (30 words)
Cation-exchange and solvent extraction studies led to the conclusion that mendelevium was a trivalent actinide with an ionic radius somewhat smaller than that of the previous actinide, fermium. (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
Cation-exchange and solvent extraction studies led to the conclusion that mendelevium was a trivalent actinide with an ionic radius somewhat smaller than that of the previous actinide, fermium.
Click here for more information. main infobox Fermium is a synthetic element with symbol Fm and atomic number 100. It is a member of the actinide series.
Einsteinium and fermium were discovered by a team of scientists led by Albert Ghiorso in 1952 while studying the radioactive debris from the detonation of the first hydrogen bomb.
Experiments have been performed on injecting einsteinium citrate (as well as fermium compounds) to dogs.
Fermium-257 is the heaviest isotope that is obtained via neutron capture, and can only be produced in nanogram quantities.
It is the heaviest element that can be formed by neutron bombardment of lighter elements, and hence the last element that can be prepared in macroscopic quantities, although pure fermium metal has not yet been prepared.
Nineteen isotopes of fermium are known with mass numbers of 242–260.
Owing to the small amounts of produced fermium and all of its isotopes having relatively short half-lives, there are currently no uses for it outside of basic scientific research.
Synthesis of fermium from naturally occurring actinides uranium and thorium in the Earth crust requires multiple neutron capture, which is an extremely unlikely event.
The first significant (submicrograms) amounts of einsteinium were produced in 1961 by Cunningham and colleagues, but this has not been done for fermium yet.
The three disks were expected to contain respectively the fermium, no new elements, and the mendelevium.
They were then used in the studies of thermal-neutron induced fission of 257 Fm and in discovery of a new fermium isotope 258 Fm.
Common combinations with fermium
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of fermium 2×