Rubidium Synonyms

ro͝o-bĭdē-əm
A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rb
  2. atomic number 37

Words Related to Rubidium

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. periodic-table
  2. deuterium
  3. ytterbium
  4. cesium
  5. perchlorate
  6. hafnium
  7. helium-4
  8. cyclohexane
  9. lanthanum
  10. helium-3
  11. caesium
  12. francium

Rubidium Sentence Examples

  • Rubidium, caesium, thallium, indium and gallium were first discovered by means of this instrument; the study of the rare earths is greatly facilitated, and the composition of the heavenly bodies alone determinable by it.

  • They are silicates, usually orthosilicates, of aluminium together with alkalis (potassium, sodium, lithium, rarely rubidium and caesium), basic hydrogen, and, in some species magnesium, ferrous and ferric iron, rarely chromium, manganese and barium.

  • The species lepidolite is largely used for the manufacture of lithium and rubidium salts.

  • It combines with alkaline chlorides - potassium, rubidium and caesium - to form crystalline plumbichlorides; it also forms a crystalline compound with quinoline.

  • The solubility of the various alums in water varies greatly, sodium alum being readily soluble in water, whilst caesium and rubidium alums are only sparingly soluble.

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