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Meanings of protoactinium in English

Portuguese
protactínio
Catalan
protoactini
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protactinio
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A short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead.

        protactínio
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        Examples for "protactinium"
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        A 231Pa reference material has been characterized for amount of protactinium.
        Pubmed
        2
        Scuffles soon arose over who'd first bagged hafnium, protactinium, and technetium.
        The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
        3
        This addition of a proton shifts it to the next element on the table, protactinium-233.
        The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
        4
        They rechristened it protactinium, or "parent of actinium," the element into which it (eventually) decayed.
        The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
        5
        This is also unstable, so the protactinium spits out another electron and transforms into what you started with, uranium-233.
        The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
        1
        I thought that the house we were going to was Pa-boh's house.
        The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
        2
        At Ban Pa In we left the launch to take the train.
        Travels in the Far East
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        This was reportedly the second time Pa Michael Obi had been abducted.
        The South African
        4
        Poor old Pa was the shining example of masculinity in her eyes.
        Land of the Burnt Thigh
        5
        Listen to that, Pa, a post office in four miles of us.
        Land of the Burnt Thigh
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