On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Pitchblende. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as uraninite and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Pitchblende in a sentence
Pitchblende meaning
Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
Synonyms of Pitchblende
Using Pitchblende
- The main meaning on this page is: Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
- Useful related words include: uraninite, uranium ore.
- In the example corpus, pitchblende often appears in combinations such as: from pitchblende, pitchblende was, of pitchblende.
Context around Pitchblende
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pitchblende
- In this selection, "pitchblende" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, massive, used, generic, vein, processing and typically stand out and add context to how "pitchblende" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a generic pitchblende radioactive source and a massive pitchblende vein the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pitchblende" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pitchblende
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
One ton of pitchblende typically yields about one seventh of a gram of radium. (14 words)
Pitchblende is a complex mineral; the chemical separation of its constituents was an arduous task. (15 words)
Bioleaching of non-sulfidic ores such as pitchblende also uses ferric iron as an oxidant (e. (16 words)
The Company also owns a 100% interest in the Falcon Point Uranium Project which hosts a high-grade surface showing with up to 68% U3O8 in grab samples from a massive pitchblende vein, the source of which has yet to be discovered. (42 words)
The radiation from pitchblende was differentiated into alpha rays ( alpha particles ) and beta rays ( beta particles ) by Ernest Rutherford through simple experimentation in 1899, but these proved to be charged particulate types of radiation. (34 words)
Rutherford used a generic pitchblende radioactive source and determined that the rays produced by the source had differing penetrations in materials. (21 words)
Example sentences (10)
The Company also owns a 100% interest in the Falcon Point Uranium Project which hosts a high-grade surface showing with up to 68% U3O8 in grab samples from a massive pitchblende vein, the source of which has yet to be discovered.
Bioleaching of non-sulfidic ores such as pitchblende also uses ferric iron as an oxidant (e.
Extraction In the first extraction of radium Curie used the residues after extraction of uranium from pitchblende.
Her electrometer showed that pitchblende was four times as active as uranium itself, and chalcolite twice as active.
Marie Curie used pitchblende, processing tons of it herself, as the source material for her isolation of radium in 1898.
One ton of pitchblende typically yields about one seventh of a gram of radium.
Pitchblende is a complex mineral; the chemical separation of its constituents was an arduous task.
Rutherford used a generic pitchblende radioactive source and determined that the rays produced by the source had differing penetrations in materials.
The Curies gathered several tons of pitchblende and refined it for several months until they had a pure sample of polonium.
The radiation from pitchblende was differentiated into alpha rays ( alpha particles ) and beta rays ( beta particles ) by Ernest Rutherford through simple experimentation in 1899, but these proved to be charged particulate types of radiation.
Common combinations with pitchblende
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- from pitchblende 2×
- pitchblende was 2×
- of pitchblende 2×