virginium Obs. exc. Hist.
(vəˈdʒɪnɪəm)
[f. Virginia, name of a state of the U.S. + -ium.]
= francium.
| 1932 F. Allison et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LIV. 615 We suggest the name virginium and the symbol Va for element 87. 1936 [see alabamine]. 1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 145/1 The discovery of element No. 87 has again been announced, this time with the name of Mavadium instead of Virginium. 1975 Jrnl. Chem. Educ. LII. 585/2 These two new elements he called virginium, after his native state, and alabamine, after the institute and state in which he worked. |