STRONTIUM 90


Meaning of STRONTIUM 90 in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1952

: a heavy radioactive isotope of strontium of mass number 90 that has a half-life of 29 years, that is present in nuclear waste and fallout, and that is hazardous because like calcium it can be assimilated in biological processes and deposited in the bones of human beings and animals

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