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europium

/yoo-roh-pee-uhm, yuh-/US // yʊˈroʊ pi əm, yə- //UK // (jʊˈrəʊpɪəm) //

铕,欧元,铕的,铱金

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a rare-earth metallic element whose salts are light pink. Symbol: Eu; atomic weight: 151.96; atomic number: 63.

Examples

  • Particularly important are its unusually high amounts of nitrogen, zinc, and heavy elements including europium and uranium.

  • One turning point came in 2015, when Bartholomew, Sellars and colleagues designed a memory device made from europium nuclei embedded in a crystal that could store fragile quantum states for six hours, with the potential to extend this to days.