noun
- Plural of nobelium; atoms or samples of the synthetic chemical element with atomic number 102.
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- Nobeliums are produced in particle accelerators by bombarding lighter elements with high-energy particles.
- The laboratory synthesized nobeliums for research into superheavy element properties.
- Nobeliums have extremely short half-lives, making them difficult to study.
- Scientists detected nobeliums in the detector after the collision experiment.