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astatine

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astatine /as·ta·tine/ (as´tah-ten) a chemical element, at. no. 85, symbol At.
as·ta·tine (st-tn, -tn)
n. Symbol At
A radioactive halogen element. Its longest lived isotope has a mass number of 210 and a half-life of 8.1 hours. Atomic number 85.
astatine
a chemical element, atomic number 85, atomic weight 210, symbol At. See Table 6.
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Though Argonne provides him the tiny amounts of astatine he needs for in-house work, Atcher says, one of his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh could never get enough astatine to prove or disprove the therapy's potential" -- even though he had a grant for a human trial.
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A Tin (Sn) B Boron (B) C Astatine (At) D Arsenic (As) 4.
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