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Astatine vs Statine - What's the difference?

astatine | statine |

As nouns the difference between astatine and statine

is that astatine is a highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85 while statine is an unusual amino acid 4-amino-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptanoic acid that is a component of pepstatin; any of several derivatives of this compound.

astatine

English

(wikipedia astatine)

Noun

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  • A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA, p. 221:
    • Astatine , for instance, is practically unstudied. It has a name and a place on the periodic table (next to Marie Curie's polonium), but almost nothing else.

    Synonyms

    * alabamine (proposed name) * anglo-helvetium (formerly)

    Derived terms

    * astatane * eka-astatine

    Anagrams

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    statine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) An unusual amino acid 4-amino-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptanoic acid that is a component of pepstatin; any of several derivatives of this compound

    • Anagrams

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