strontium
pronunciation
How to pronounce strontium in British English:
UK [ˈstrɒntiəm]
How to pronounce strontium in American English:
US [ˈstrɑnʃiəm]
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- Noun:
- a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite
Word Origin
- strontium
- strontium: [19] The element strontium gets its name from the Strontian area of the Highland region of Scotland, which contains lead mines in which strontium was first discovered. Indeed, it was originally called strontian; the latinized version strontium was introduced by the chemist Sir Humphry Davy in 1808.
- strontium (n.)
- light metallic element, 1808, coined in Modern Latin by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) from Strontian, name of a parish in Argyllshire, Scotland, the site of lead mines where strontium was first found, in 1787.
Example
- 1. The red colours are manufactured using strontium .
- 2. The base is made of a strontium titanate crystal , with a thin layer of lanthanum aluminate on top .
- 3. Overheating fuel rods then discharge gaseous forms of certain volatile radioactive elements , including cesium , iodine , strontium and tellurium .
- 4. When a fuel assembly comes out , highly radioactive fission products such as strontium 90 and cesium 137 are generating tens of kilowatts of heat .
- 5. This is because particular isotopes of strontium dominant within a geological region are digested by individuals living there and incorporated into their tooth enamel .