How to Use atomic number in a Sentence

atomic number

noun

• The number 47, the atomic number for silver, is one of the clues on the puzzle box in the beginning.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
• For the types of BECs that form droplets, the repulsive forces are not just a function of the density but also the atomic number.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2018
• But today who needs to know the capital of South Dakota or the atomic number of hafnium (Pierre and 72)?
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
• This picture shows some of these elements, along with their atomic numbers.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Oct. 2017
• Adding another, to make cerium, atomic number 58, adds an electron to the fourth circle.
  — Stanley Merzman, Discover Magazine, 21 Aug. 2018
• The spot is several hundred miles from the magnetic South Pole, and Darke has chosen it as her turnaround point because 79 is the atomic number of gold.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2022
• Some rare earths are heavy and some are light, depending on their atomic number, and the two have different applications.
  — Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2019
• Each of these elements is distinguished from the rest by its atomic number: how many protons reside within one of its atoms.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022
• Along with the name and atomic number of each element, Enevoldsen added helpful graphics and a short explanation of how each element is put to use.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2016
• Among the atoms resulting from neutron bombardment were much smaller atoms like barium, which has an atomic number of 56.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 11 June 2018
• The chemical element with the atomic number 44 is called ruthenium.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• How to Read the Table Many periodic tables include the atomic number (number of protons) and atomic weight (which depends on protons and neutrons).
  — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
• What metallic element, whose atomic number is 27, was featured on Thursday's show and cited for its use in everything from paints to steel to electric car batteries?
  — CNN, 3 May 2018
• Rare earths are a group of 17 metals, classified into lights and heavies depending on their atomic number, and are crucial to the manufacturing of high-tech products.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 14 May 2021
• Lithium, the primary component of batteries for electric cars, is a simple element with an atomic number of three.
  — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
• Many periodic tables include the atomic number (number of protons) and atomic weight (which depends on protons and neutrons).
  — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
• Given that titanium features an atomic number of 22 and platinum’s is 78, there seem to be a number of opportunities to plunder the periodic table.
  — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2018
• These rods were inserted into a nuclear reactor and bombarded with neutrons, tiny, uncharged subatomic particles, with the hope that some would get stuck to uranium atoms, increasing their atomic number to 239.
  — Julian G. West, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2018
• Here are some of the basics: Uranium is the heaviest naturally occurring element in the periodic table, with an atomic number of 92, representing the number of protons in its nucleus.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 11 June 2018

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024