metalithium
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: meta‧lith‧i‧um
Noun
metalithium (uncountable)
- A heavy isotope of the simplest alkali metal, (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and containing 8 neutrons. Metalithium is an artificial isotope produced by bombarding Lithium 7 with neutrons. It is radioactive, with a half-life of 0.84 seconds.