How to Use thallium in a Sentence

thallium

noun
  • There, in Islamabad, Naeem had a thallium stress test to assess the damage.
    Sorayya Khan, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2018
  • But a second hair from March 1995 showed Zhu Ling had ingested large doses of thallium constantly for about two weeks.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2018
  • Someone used a rare toxic metal called thallium to fell the once-powerful and athletic lobbyist, reporter Nigel Jaquiss writes in his detailed account.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive Politics Team, oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The pigment forms a network structure that can trap individual metal ions, such as those from thallium or radioactive cesium, and prevent them from being taken up by the body.
    Eva Amsen, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • Ash found that Zhu Ling had received many doses of toxic thallium, increasing in frequency and concentration over time.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2018
  • Yes, Dr. Li had specialized knowledge and access to thallium but as a Joann Curley proves, such training isn’t really necessary for a determined killer.
    Deborah Blum, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2011
  • The substance that condensed inside the tube, upon analysis, contained an abnormally large amount of thallium.
    Sophia Chen, WIRED, 1 July 2019
  • That volcano emits fumes with a thallium concentration at least ten times higher than any other volcanic vapors ever studied.
    Sophia Chen, WIRED, 1 July 2019
  • Ash storage sites at the plant are leaking into surface water and groundwater upstream of drinking water intakes for more than 1 million people in the Charlotte region, the report says, calling the thallium and radium results alarming.
    Deon Roberts, charlotteobserver, 20 Mar. 2018
  • It's often used to treat heavy-metal poisoning from thallium or radioactive cesium because its lattice-like network structure—similar to a jungle gym—can trap metal ions from those metals and prevent them from being absorbed by the body.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 June 2022
  • Specifically, the group says the creek has shown signs of elevated concentrations of mercury, and elevated levels of arsenic, molybdenum, selenium, copper and thallium from mining in the area.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Lead, arsenic, boron, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, thallium, and uranium are among the chemicals and heavy metals listed with coal ash deposits.
    Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2018
  • One of Koremlu’s active ingredients was thallium acetate.
    Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017
  • One of Koremlu’s active ingredients was thallium acetate.
    Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017

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