Mt
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The chemical symbol for meitnerium, a very heavy radioactive element with number 109
- noun
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Mt
- Researchers study the properties of Mt using particle accelerators.
Examples
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The chemical symbol for meitnerium is Mt.
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The element Mt was first synthesized in 1982.
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Due to its instability, Mt has no practical applications outside of scientific research.
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Scientists discovered Mt in the late 1980s.
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The chemical symbol for meitnerium is Mt, which has the atomic number 109.
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Scientists recently discovered new properties of Mt, a rare radioactive element.
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Due to its radioactive nature, Mt must be handled with extreme caution in labs.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Mt singular
Etymology
Mt is the chemical symbol for meitnerium, a man-made, radioactive element named after the physicist Lise Meitner. Like other element symbols such as He for helium, Mt uses the first letters of the name, so remembering Lise Meitner helps you recall that Mt stands for meitnerium.
