transuranic element, 1942, from Pluto, the planet, + element ending -ium. Discovered at University of California, Berkeley, in 1941, the element named on suggestion of Seaborg and Wahl because it follows neptunium in the periodic table as Pluto follows Neptune in the Solar System. The name plutonium earlier had been proposed for barium and was sometimes used in this sense early 19c.
实用例句
1. Engineers said that plutonium could begin seeping from the corroded sub.
工程师说钚可能会开始从遭腐蚀的潜艇往外渗透。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium.
危险的辐射物从钚放散出来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The plutonium also could be used, however, to make nuclear weapons.
钚也可以用来制成核武器.
来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
4. The escape of neutrons occurs at the exterior of the uranium ( or plutonium ) material.
中子的逸漏发生于铀 ( 或钚 ) 块的外表面.
来自辞典例句
5. It is possible to use a plutonium foil as a filter to remove the second - order contamination.
