noun
- Plural of hassium; atoms or samples of the chemical element with atomic number 108.
Usage: chemistry; technical; hassium is a synthetic, radioactive element
Examples
- Scientists created hassiums in the laboratory by colliding heavy ions.
- The hassiums produced in the experiment decayed within milliseconds.
- Researchers studied the properties of hassiums to understand superheavy elements.
- Only tiny amounts of hassiums have ever been synthesized.