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Polonium   /pəlˈoʊniəm/   Listen
Polonium

noun
1.
A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor.  Synonyms: atomic number 84, Po.






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"Polonium" Quotes from Famous Books



... elements of high atomic weight, such as uranium and thorium, are constantly giving off particles and are thus by loss or decomposition being changed over into other elements, such as radium, niton, polonium and lead. But our new knowledge compels us ultimately to give the same answer as before, namely, that we still do not know how matter ever could have originated, except that "in the beginning" it was called into existence by the fiat of Him whom we Christians ...
— Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation • George McCready Price



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