Biology
- First Life
What was the first form of life on this planet? Who does science believe it was created?...
- Protactinium (pa)
Term: protactinium (Pa)Literally meaning: ?before actinium?Origin??????/protos(=first or of prime importance) 'á???? actis(genitive á??[é???/actinos)(=ray, beam) The name was given in order to reflect the product of the decay process. Coined/History ...
- Actinium (ac)
Term: actinium (Ac)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to ray?Origin: 'á???? actis(genitive á??[é???/actinos)(=ray, beam) The element was named after its power of emitting energy in the form of rays suchas radioactive ?radium? which comes from latin...
- Lanthanum (la)
Term: lanthanum (La)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to hidden?Origin: ???????/lanthano(= to be hidden, to escape notice) .The element called lanthanum because it is ?hidden? in rare minerals. Coined/History Lanthanum was isolated in the mineral...
- Phosphorus (p)
Term: phosphorusLiterally meaning: ?the bearer of light?Origin: Anc Greek????????/phosphoros (=god of the planet Venus )> ???/phos(=light) +????/phero(=bear, carry)Coined/HistoryIn Greek Mythology Phosporus or Eosphorus was the god...
Biology
plutonium (Pu)
Term: plutonium (Pu)
Literally meaning: ?pertainingto planet Pluto?
Origin:
?????????/Plutonas(=Pluto was the god of underworld, son of Cronus and Rea and brother of Zeus. The earlier word of god was Hades/????)
>???????/plutos(=wealth, riches) The name of god is associated with mineral wealth that is found underground and bountiful harvest because of seeds from deep earth.
Plutonium was named after the planet Pluto as in conformity with other planet names. Pluto planet is the second most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System. Its name was given by Venetia Burney (1918-2009) an eleven-year-old girl in England thinking that the name for the god of underworld is appropriate for a the presumably dark and cold world of the planet. The planet was discovered by C.W Tombaugh in 1930.
Coined/History
Plutonium was first synthesized by nuclear chemist Glenn T Seaborg, Joseph W Kennedy, Arthur C Wahl and Edwin McMillan in 1941 by bombarding uranium-238 with deuterons. Because of military secrecy they announced it in 1948. The second atomic bomb used to destroy Nagasaki in 1945 had cores of plutonium-239.
Definition
Plutonium is a silvery-gray radioactive chemical element with atomic number 94 and atomic mass 244. The most important uranium isotope is Pu-239 which has a half-life of more 20000 years. Plutonium-239, which can undergo nuclear chain reactions, is used in nuclear bombs and nuclear reactors.
- First Life
What was the first form of life on this planet? Who does science believe it was created?...
- Protactinium (pa)
Term: protactinium (Pa)Literally meaning: ?before actinium?Origin??????/protos(=first or of prime importance) 'á???? actis(genitive á??[é???/actinos)(=ray, beam) The name was given in order to reflect the product of the decay process. Coined/History ...
- Actinium (ac)
Term: actinium (Ac)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to ray?Origin: 'á???? actis(genitive á??[é???/actinos)(=ray, beam) The element was named after its power of emitting energy in the form of rays suchas radioactive ?radium? which comes from latin...
- Lanthanum (la)
Term: lanthanum (La)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to hidden?Origin: ???????/lanthano(= to be hidden, to escape notice) .The element called lanthanum because it is ?hidden? in rare minerals. Coined/History Lanthanum was isolated in the mineral...
- Phosphorus (p)
Term: phosphorusLiterally meaning: ?the bearer of light?Origin: Anc Greek????????/phosphoros (=god of the planet Venus )> ???/phos(=light) +????/phero(=bear, carry)Coined/HistoryIn Greek Mythology Phosporus or Eosphorus was the god...