Astatine Definition & Meaning

astatine
noun
  1. a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

"Astatine" in song lyrics

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  • "there's antimony arsenic aluminum selenium and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rheniumand nickel neodymium neptunium germanium and iron americium ruthenium uranium europium zirconium lutetium vanadiumand lanthanum and osmium and astatine"
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