noun
- Plural of bohrium; atoms or samples of the chemical element with atomic number 107.
Usage: chemistry; technical; bohrium is a synthetic, radioactive element named after physicist Niels Bohr
Examples
- Bohriums are produced in particle accelerators by bombarding lighter elements with high-energy particles.
- The isotopes of bohriums studied in the laboratory have extremely short half-lives.
- Scientists have detected only trace amounts of bohriums in their experiments.
- Bohriums belong to the transactinide elements on the periodic table.