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kurchatovium (iou)



kurchatovium noun. M20.
[from I. V. Kurchatov (1903-60), Russian nuclear physicist + -IUM.]
(A name proposed for) a very unstable radioactive transuranic chemical element, atomic no. 104, produced artificially. (Symbol Ku.) Cf. RUTHERFORDIUM.