pitchblende in English
The first discovery of pitchblende in the United States was associated with gold ores at the Wood mine in Gilpin County.
Use "pitchblende" in a sentence
1. Three chemical elements were first discovered in pitchBlende: uranium by the German chemist Martin
2. Although, radium, radon and polonium were observed first, of all the components of pitchblende Actinium was the first to be isolated.
3. Radium chloride is still used for the initial stages of the separation of radium from barium during the extraction of radium from pitchblende.
4. PitchBlende contains many other radioactive elements that can be traced back to the decay of uranium, such as radium, lead, helium, and several actinide elements
5. PitchBlende, amorphous, black, pitchy form of the crystalline uranium oxide mineral uraninite (q.v.); it is one of the primary mineral ores of uranium, containing 50–80 percent of that element
6. PitchBlende definition is - a brown to black mineral that consists of massive uraninite, has a distinctive luster, contains radium, and is the chief ore-mineral source of uranium.
7. We found that pitchblende contains at least two radioactive materials, one of which, Accompanying bismuth, has been given the name polonium, while the other, paired with barium, has been called radium.
8. 4 We found that pitchblende contains at least two radioactive materials, one of which, accompanying bismuth, has been given the name polonium, while the other, paired with barium, has been called radium.
9. Definition of Actinium : a radioactive trivalent metallic element that resembles lanthanum in chemical properties and that is found especially in pitchblende — see Chemical Elements Table First Known Use of Actinium 1900, in the meaning defined above
10. The discovery and isolation of radium in uranium ore (pitchblende) by Marie Curie sparked the development of uranium mining to extract the radium, which was used to make glow-in-the-dark paints for clock and aircraft dials.