coronium

English

Etymology

corona +‎ -ium

Noun

coronium (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) A supposed chemical element, hypothesized in the 19th century in order to explain a green emission line seen during a solar eclipse (actually highly ionized iron).

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