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Cerium vs Corium - What's the difference?

cerium | corium |

As nouns the difference between cerium and corium

is that cerium is cerium while corium is (anatomy) the inner layer of skin, the dermis or corium can be (nuclear physics) the lavalike material produced in a nuclear meltdown.

cerium

English

Alternative forms

* cererium (a name proposed (but not accepted) to indicate "cerium" does not come from the Greek word for "wax" )

Noun

(-) (wikipedia cerium)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58.

    • Derived terms

    * ceric * cerine * cerite * cerium dioxide * cerium metals * cerium oxide * cerium trichloride * cerous * ferrocerium

    Related terms

    * Ceres * ceria

    See also

    * allanite * bastnasite * CAN * hydroxylbastnasite * jeweler's rouge, jeweller's rouge * monazite * orthite * rhabdophane * synchysite

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    corium

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (coria)
  • (anatomy) The inner layer of skin, the dermis.
  • (anatomy) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.
  • (historical) Armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans.
    • (Fosbroke)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nuclear physics) The lavalike material produced in a nuclear meltdown.
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  • * 2009', Wei Wei and Xin-rong Cao, "The Simulation of '''Corium Dispersion in Direct Containment Heating Accidents", ''Zero Carbon Energy Kyoto 2009 .
  • * 2011 , C. Journeau and M. Ficsher, Nuclear Safety in Light Water Reactors: Severe Accident Phenomenology , page 569:
    • As a result, dedicated core catchers have been designed that can gather the corium and cool it safely.
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