alabamine (Disused.)
(æləˈbæmɪn)
[f. Alabama, name of a State in U.S.A. + -ine5.]
The name originally proposed for astatine. Cf. also anglo-helvetium.
| 1932 F. Allison et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LIV. 616 We suggest the name Alabamine and symbol Am for element 85. 1936 Nature 13 June 969/2 The problems of illinium, masurium, virginium, and alabamine. |