Words Like THULIUM
We have put together a list of words that are similar to THULIUM.
1 Alternative Words Similar to thulium
4 definitions of thulium
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The name was given in 1879, by Cleve, to a supposed new element present in the compounds of Mosandu' s erbium extracted from gadolinite. The evidence of its existence was found in an examination of the absorption-spectra of products of the fractionation of erbium salt solutions, but it is very doubtful whether the separation is complete and whether thulium is to be considered as a distinct and single element.
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A supposed element found in the mineral gadolinite. Its properties have not been ascertained, and its existence is doubtful.
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a metallic chemical element (symbol Tm) with an atomic number of 69.
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a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime