Explore Perey through 6 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Context around Perey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perey
- In this selection, "perey" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, led, lucien, noticed, named and thought stand out and add context to how "perey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by lucien perey real name and however perey noticed decay. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perey" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perey
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However, Perey noticed decay particles with an energy level below 80 keV. (12 words)
Perey then attempted to determine the proportion of beta decay to alpha decay in actinium-227. (16 words)
Perey thought this decay activity might have been caused by a previously unidentified decay product, one that was separated during purification, but emerged again out of the pure actinium -227. (30 words)
Perey named the new isotope actinium-K (it is now referred to as francium-223) and in 1946, she proposed the name catium for her newly discovered element, as she believed it to be the most electropositive cation of the elements. (41 words)
The new product exhibited chemical properties of an alkali metal (such as coprecipitating with caesium salts), which led Perey to believe that it was element 87, caused by the alpha decay of actinium-227. (34 words)
This idea is probably based on a misreading of the 1885 work La Vie intime de Voltaire aux Délices et à Ferney by Lucien Perey (real name: Clara Adèle Luce Herpin) and Gaston Maugras. (34 words)
Example sentences (6)
However, Perey noticed decay particles with an energy level below 80 keV.
Perey named the new isotope actinium-K (it is now referred to as francium-223) and in 1946, she proposed the name catium for her newly discovered element, as she believed it to be the most electropositive cation of the elements.
Perey then attempted to determine the proportion of beta decay to alpha decay in actinium-227.
Perey thought this decay activity might have been caused by a previously unidentified decay product, one that was separated during purification, but emerged again out of the pure actinium -227.
The new product exhibited chemical properties of an alkali metal (such as coprecipitating with caesium salts), which led Perey to believe that it was element 87, caused by the alpha decay of actinium-227.
This idea is probably based on a misreading of the 1885 work La Vie intime de Voltaire aux Délices et à Ferney by Lucien Perey (real name: Clara Adèle Luce Herpin) and Gaston Maugras.