Strontium Definition

strŏnchē-əm, -tē-əm, -shəm
noun
A pale-yellow, metallic chemical element, one of the alkaline-earth metals, resembling calcium in properties and found only in combination: strontium compounds burn with a red flame and are used in fireworks: symbol, Sr; at. no. 38: a deadly radioactive isotope (strontium-90) is present in the fallout of nuclear explosions.
Webster's New World
The strontium isotope with mass 90, having a half-life of 28 years, used for its high-energy beta emission in certain nuclear electric power sources and constituting a radiation hazard in fallout.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • atomic number 38
  • sr
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Origin of Strontium

  • Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for the name of the Scottish town Strontian. The place name is from Scottish Gaelic Sròn an t- Sithein, "nose of fairy hill," said to be inhabited by the mythological sídhe.

    From Wiktionary

  • From New Latin strontia strontium oxide from English strontian strontianite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Strontium Sentence Examples

  • The next group may contain the white calcium, barium and strontium carbonates.

  • The so-called alkaline earth-metals are the elements beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium.

  • The metals comprising this group are never found in the uncombined condition, but occur most often in the form of carbonates and sulphates; they form oxides of the type RO, and in the case of calcium, strontium and barium, of the type R02.

  • An immediate precipitate indicates barium; a precipitate on standing indicates strontium.

  • The solution free from barium is treated with ammonia and ammonium sulphate, which precipitates strontium, and the calcium in the solution may be identified by the white precipitate with ammonium oxalate.

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