strontium-90

English

Noun

strontium-90 (uncountable)

1. (physics) The radioactive isotope of strontium, ⁹⁰₃₈Sr, that is present in the fallout from nuclear explosions and, being chemically similar to calcium, accumulates in the bones

Translations

radioactive isotope

• Russian: стронций-90 (стронций-девяносто) (stróntsij-90, stróntsij-devjanósto) m