Get to know Lawrencium better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like element.
Lawrencium in a sentence
Lawrencium meaning
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
Synonyms of Lawrencium
Using Lawrencium
- The main meaning on this page is: A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
- Useful related words include: lr, atomic number 103, chemical element, element.
- In the example corpus, lawrencium often appears in combinations such as: of lawrencium, and lawrencium.
Context around Lawrencium
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lawrencium
- In this selection, "lawrencium" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shell, named, actinide and coextracted stand out and add context to how "lawrencium" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include electron shell lawrencium a d and found that lawrencium coextracted with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lawrencium" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lawrencium
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are either lanthanum and actinium; or lutetium and lawrencium. (10 words)
Lutetium (Lu) and lawrencium (Lr) occupy the two positions below yttrium. (11 words)
Chemical element number 103 was named lawrencium in his honor after its discovery at Berkeley in 1961. (17 words)
It was also pointed out that the actinide contraction at the end of the actinide series was larger than the analogous lanthanide contraction, with the exception of the last actinide, lawrencium: the cause was speculated to be relativistic effects. (39 words)
It was found that lawrencium coextracted with the trivalent ions, but the short half-life of the 256 Lr isotope precluded a confirmation that it eluted ahead of Md 3+ in the elution sequence. (34 words)
All but one of the actinides are f-block elements, corresponding to the filling of the 5f electron shell ; lawrencium, a d-block element, is also generally considered an actinide. (30 words)
Example sentences (8)
All but one of the actinides are f-block elements, corresponding to the filling of the 5f electron shell ; lawrencium, a d-block element, is also generally considered an actinide.
Chemical element number 103 was named lawrencium in his honor after its discovery at Berkeley in 1961.
It was also pointed out that the actinide contraction at the end of the actinide series was larger than the analogous lanthanide contraction, with the exception of the last actinide, lawrencium: the cause was speculated to be relativistic effects.
It was found that lawrencium coextracted with the trivalent ions, but the short half-life of the 256 Lr isotope precluded a confirmation that it eluted ahead of Md 3+ in the elution sequence.
Like all elements with atomic number over 100, lawrencium can only be produced in particle accelerators by bombarding lighter elements with charged particles.
Long-lived isotopes of nobelium and isotopes of lawrencium (and of heavier elements) have relatively short half-lives.
Lutetium (Lu) and lawrencium (Lr) occupy the two positions below yttrium.
They are either lanthanum and actinium; or lutetium and lawrencium.
Common combinations with lawrencium
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of lawrencium 2×
- and lawrencium 2×