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PRONUNCIATION OF PROTACTINIUM

protactinium  [ˌprəʊtækˈtɪnɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROTACTINIUM

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Protactinium is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PROTACTINIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Protactinium

Protactinium is a chemical element with the symbol Pa and atomic number 91. It is a dense, silvery-gray metal which readily reacts with oxygen, water vapor and inorganic acids. It forms various chemical compounds where protactinium is usually present in the oxidation state +5, but can also assume +4 and even +2 or +3 states. The average concentrations of protactinium in the Earth's crust is typically on the order of a few parts per trillion, but may reach up to a few parts per million in some uraninite ore deposits. Because of its scarcity, high radioactivity and high toxicity, there are currently no uses for protactinium outside of scientific research, and for this purpose, protactinium is mostly extracted from spent nuclear fuel. Protactinium was first identified in 1913 by Kasimir Fajans and Oswald Helmuth Göhring and named brevium because of the short half-life of the specific isotope studied, namely protactinium-234. A more stable isotope of protactinium was discovered in 1917/18 by Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, and they chose the name proto-actinium, but then the IUPAC named it finally protactinium in 1949 and confirmed Hahn and Meitner as discoverers.

Definition of protactinium in the English dictionary

The definition of protactinium in the dictionary is a toxic radioactive metallic element that occurs in uranium ores and is produced by neutron irradiation of thorium. Symbol: Pa; atomic no: 91; half-life of the most stable isotope, 231Pa: 32 500 years; valency: 4 or 5; relative density: 15.37 ; melting pt: 1572°C Former name: protoactinium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROTACTINIUM


actinium
ækˈtɪnɪəm
aluminium
ˌæljʊˈmɪnɪəm
condominium
ˌkɒndəˈmɪnɪəm
Corinium
kɒˈrɪnɪəm
cranium
ˈkreɪnɪəm
delphinium
dɛlˈfɪnɪəm
dominium
dəˈmɪnɪəm
einsteinium
aɪnˈstaɪnɪəm
gadolinium
ˌɡædəˈlɪnɪəm
geranium
dʒɪˈreɪnɪəm
germanium
dʒɜːˈmeɪnɪəm
Herculaneum
ˌhɜːkjʊˈleɪnɪəm
minium
ˈmɪnɪəm
protoactinium
ˌprəʊtəʊækˈtɪnɪəm
sparganium
spɑːˈɡeɪnɪəm
titanium
taɪˈteɪnɪəm
transuranium
trænzjʊˈreɪnɪəm
triclinium
traɪˈklɪnɪəm
uranium
jʊˈreɪnɪəm
vaccinium
vækˈsɪnɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROTACTINIUM

protagonism
protagonist
Protagoras
protamine
protandrous
protandry
protanomalous
protanomaly
protanope
protanopia
protanopic
protases
protasis
protatic
protea
proteaceous
protean
Proteas
protease

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROTACTINIUM

ammonium
androclinium
duraluminium
glucinium
illinium
millennium
omnium
pandemonium
peridinium
plutonium
pollinium
postliminium
selenium
the millennium
tirocinium
tridominium
uredinium
virginium
xenium
zirconium

Synonyms and antonyms of protactinium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Spanish

protactinio
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protactinium
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Translator English - Hindi

रसायनिक मूलतत्त्व
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Translator English - Arabic

بروتكتينيوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

протактиний
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protactinium
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protactinium
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protactinium
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Translator English - Malay

Protactinium
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Translator English - German

Protaktinium
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Translator English - Japanese

プロトアクチニウム
130 millions of speakers

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프로트 악티늄
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Translator English - Javanese

Protaktinium
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Protactinium
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Translator English - Tamil

பாகையம்
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Translator English - Marathi

प्रोटॅटिनियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

protaktinyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

protactinio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

protaktyn
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Translator English - Ukrainian

протактиний
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Translator English - Romanian

protactinium
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Translator English - Greek

πρωτακτίνιο
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Translator English - Afrikaans

protactinium
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protaktinium
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protactinium
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTACTINIUM»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTACTINIUM»

Discover the use of protactinium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to protactinium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Radiochemistry of Protactinium
Sodium hydroxide precipitates protactinium from a citrate, but not from a tartrate solution. With H2O2 in large excess, protactinium(V) forms a precipitate which is insoluble in NH^OH and NaOH. The precipitate is soluble in dilute H,,SO^ only ...
Harold W. Kirby, 1959
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The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements: A ...
PROTACTINIUM SYMBOL: Pa PERIOD: 7 SERIES NAME: Actinum ATOMIC NO: 91 ATOMIC MASS: 231 .0358 amu VALENCE: 4 and 5 OXIDATION STATE: +4 and +5 NATURAL STATE: Solid ORIGIN OF NAME: A combination of the Greek ...
Robert E. Krebs, 2006
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Standard Potentials in Aqueous Solution
protactinium is rapidly oxidized by air. In very acidic media ([H+] > 2 M) the predominant tetravalent species is the ion Pa**"I", which appears to be less easily hydrolyzable than pentavalent protactinium. In the +5 oxidation state the protactinium ...
Allen J. Bard, Roger Parsons, Joseph Jordan, 1985
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Handbook of Elemental Speciation, Handbook of Elemental ...
5.3 Protactinium K. Fajans and O.H. Gohring describe the discovery of protactinium (Pa-234) in 1913. They gave the new element the name brevium. In 1918, O. Hahn and L. Meitner have isolated the longer living isotope Pa-231. Pa- 231 has ...
Rita Cornelis, 2005
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Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds
Protactinium (Fr.), Protaktinium (Ger.), Protactinio (Sp.), Protattinio (Ital.), IlpOTaKTHHHH (Protactinii) (Russ.), (Japan.) on the solubility of the compound inhaled. The skeleton is the main site for the deposition of protactinium, with smaller ...
Jane E. Macintyre, 1994
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Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds, Supplement 4
V) chloride oxide (PaCl,O), IC-401024 CI403Pa2 Protactinium! K) chloride oxide ( Pa2Cl4O3), IC-401031 Cl8OPa2 Protactinium! K) chloride oxide (Pa,ClgO), IC- 401 040 F07Pa, Protactinium! (0 fluoride oxide (Pa3FO7), IC-401058 F8OPa2 ...
Jane E. Macintyre, 1996
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A Guide to the Elements
PROTACTINIUM Atomic Number 91 Chemical Symbol Pa Group l|lB—Transition Element (The Actinidesl 'IIIIA IIIA IVA YA VIA \i1lA||-|g \i'll!B a Nulflig _IlI_l!_;l\lll va_via' vuaflk. 51:, IBJIII-ll; l(lCci 5i:l'l'i v CrlMnlFe ColNilCulZnlGc|Ge Aslie lib Sr Y ...
Albert Stwertka, 2002
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Radionuclides in the Environment
Only the most common techniques are described here. 4.1 Precipitation There are various chemicals that can be used to precipitate and isolate protactinium from a sample solution. This step is vital as it can eliminate other elements (Ta, Zr , Nb ...
David A. Atwood, 2013
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The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements ...
The precipitation of protactinium as phenylarsonate from acid solutions can be carried out in the presence of Ni, Co, Cr, La, Fe(III), Mn, Cu, Ti, Th, U, and other elements. Zr, Nb, Ta, fluoro‐, and phosphate ions prevent the determination ...
Lester R. Morss, Norman M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, 2010
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Chemistry and Analysis of Radionuclides: Laboratory ...
Protactinium is the third actinide and the first in the group to have electrons in the 5f shell. The electron configuration of its ground state 2 1 2 is [Rn]5f 6d 7s , and its major oxidation state is +V. Although the oxidation state +IV is also possible, ...
Jukka Lehto, Xiaolin Hou, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROTACTINIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term protactinium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Post Hunt 2015: The clues
130: Dysprosium + Protactinium - Argon. 145: The third is first. The 23rd is the only one that doesn't count. 201: You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride. «Washington Post, May 15»
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Thorium Can Serve As A Nuclear Fuel For Commercial Electricity …
What is left is known as protactinium or 233Pa. Image: dymidziuk.janusz, CC BY-NC-SA After around a month or more, the 233Pa which itself is radioactive will ... «Science 2.0, Apr 15»
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My Great-Great-Aunt Discovered Francium. And It Killed Her.
If thorium then turns a neutron into a proton and sheds an electron, called beta-minus decay, it becomes protactinium, element 91. This series of transformations ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
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Book Review: The Lost Elements
... others, such as “brevium,” were isotopes, or variations, on other elements (in this case, protactinium). Many of these efforts, the authors show, were not wasted ... «Scientific American, Nov 14»
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The element that causes arguments
So uranium becomes thorium, which in turn becomes protactinium, until finally it decays into lead. These decay elements produce other forms of radiation - beta ... «BBC News, Oct 14»
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Separation of Rare Earths – Art vs. Science (Part III)
The daughters may be radium, radon, protactinium, and, actinium as the major ones to be concerned about. There are others but they have short half-lives, that ... «InvestorIntel, May 14»
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DOE's Recycling Nickel Scrap Document Confirms Presence of …
Contaminants in DOE nickel scrap include these radioactive elements, Thorium 234, Protactinium 234Pa, Caesium 137, Plutonium 239 (trace), Cobalt 90 ... «HNN Huntingtonnews.net, Jan 14»
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Facts About Neptunium
Because 237Np (half-life 2.14 million years) decays to a strongly radioactive and short-lived protactinium daughter (half-life 26.9 days), its study can help ... «LiveScience.com, Sep 13»
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Facts About Protactinium
Word Origin: The word protactinium comes from the Greek protos, meaning first, and actinium. In effect, it means “parent of actinium” because actinium is a decay ... «LiveScience.com, Sep 13»
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Naming radon — and the lessons of protactinium
Late in 2012, we were preparing what became the Nature Chemistry Thesis article The Ends of Elements, looking at both the history and the future of the suffixes ... «Nature.com, Aug 13»

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