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Record 1 2000-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

Newly freed or "new-born," a term applied to a gas newly released from a compound, such as nascent hydrogen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
PHR

Corps, élément à l'état naissant.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Chronology
DEF

Applied to certain unstable atoms, the nuclei of which spontaneously disintegrate emitting particles and rays, eventually reverting through a series of such emissions into an atom having a stable nucleus and a different atomic number.

CONT

Radioactive elements include radium, uranium, and a number of newly discovered, short-lived elements (as californium, berkelium, etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Chronologie
CONT

Beaucoup [de] roches contiennent d'infimes quantités des éléments dits radioactifs (uranium et thorium) qui, on le sait, sont instables et se désintègrent lentement selon un processus qui, au bout de milliards d'années, donne un produit final analogue au plomb ordinaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geoquímica
  • Cronología
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