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Definition of Pitchblendes
1. pitchblende [n] - See also: pitchblende
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitchblendes
Literary usage of Pitchblendes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"... minerals according to this view would be slowly advancing to an equilibrium
quantity of radium higher than that in most pitchblendes. This view of Mile. ..."
2. The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré (1907)
"In the course of her researches Madame Curie observed that certain pitchblendes (oxide
of uranium ore, containing also barium, bismuth, etc. ..."
3. Radio-active Substances by Marie Curie (1904)
"Thus pitchblendes (ores of uranium oxide) are found which are four times as active
as metallic uranium. ..."
4. The Chemistry of the Radio-elements by Frederick Soddy (1911)
"In comparing pitchblendes and other minerals a lump of from 20 to 100 grams
according to the richness is simply laid on the top, and the increase of leak ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"... minerals according to this view would be slowly advancing to an equilibrium
quantity of radium higher than that in most pitchblendes. This view of Mile. ..."
6. The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré (1907)
"In the course of her researches Madame Curie observed that certain pitchblendes (oxide
of uranium ore, containing also barium, bismuth, etc. ..."
7. Radio-active Substances by Marie Curie (1904)
"Thus pitchblendes (ores of uranium oxide) are found which are four times as active
as metallic uranium. ..."
8. The Chemistry of the Radio-elements by Frederick Soddy (1911)
"In comparing pitchblendes and other minerals a lump of from 20 to 100 grams
according to the richness is simply laid on the top, and the increase of leak ..."