nierite
Meanings
noun
- A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing four nitrogen and three silicon.
Word forms
Etymology
From Nier + -ite. Named for Alfred Otto Carl Nier, the American physicist who pioneered mass spectrometry, and used it to isolate Uranium-235.
Synonyms
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