«Therefore,
sodium atoms become a tracer of other elements that might be more abundant, but less easy to see.»
Not exact matches
This compound, which complexed with the
sodium cation, was the first compound known to display such activity and
became known as dibenzo -18-crown-6, an 18 -
atom heterocycle containing 6 oxygen
atoms.
Hans Bethe, Manhattan Project scientist and Nobel laureate, calculated in 1956 that if a breeder's liquid
sodium coolant leaked out, it could melt in 40 seconds,
become a small unintended
atom bomb and spontaneously explode.