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English
Noun
strontium-90 (uncountable)
- (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
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