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First, neptunium-238 (half-life 2.1 days) was synthesized, which then beta-decayed to form the new element with atomic number 94 and atomic weight 238 (half-life 88 years). Since uranium had been named after the planet Uranus and neptunium after the planet Neptune , element 94 was named after Pluto , which at the time was also considered a planet.
It also naturally occurs as a trace in uranium ores, as it is the penultimate member of the decay chain of 238 U. The longer-lived 209 Po (half-life 124 years, longest-lived of all polonium isotopes) [ 3 ] and 208 Po (half-life 2.9 years) can be manufactured through the alpha, proton, or deuteron bombardment of lead or bismuth in a cyclotron .
The Hanford Site occupies 586 square miles (1,518 km 2) – roughly equivalent to half the total area of Rhode Island – within Benton County, Washington. [1] [2] It is a desert environment receiving less than ten inches (250 mm) of annual precipitation, covered mostly by shrub-steppe vegetation.
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All in all, you'd save a lot of money by leaving (or selling) the NTSC tv and buying a new PAL tv in India. -- Kainaw (talk) 16:27, 1 May 2006 (UTC) [ reply ] Worse, as India has 230V mains and the US 110V, it'll probably burst into flames as soon as you plug it in (so you can't use it even with a US DVD player, unless you wasted more money on ...
Pink is a pale tint of red, the color of the pink flower. [2] [3] [4] It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. [5]According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, femininity, and romance.
1st century sculpture of Pluto in the Getty Villa. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto (Greek: Πλούτων, Ploutōn) was the ruler of the Greek underworld.The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself.