How to Use thallium in a Sentence

thallium

noun

• There, in Islamabad, Naeem had a thallium stress test to assess the damage.
  — Sorayya Khan, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2018
• But a second hair from March 1995 showed Zhu Ling had ingested large doses of thallium constantly for about two weeks.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2018
• Someone used a rare toxic metal called thallium to fell the once-powerful and athletic lobbyist, reporter Nigel Jaquiss writes in his detailed account.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive Politics Team, oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2021
• The pigment forms a network structure that can trap individual metal ions, such as those from thallium or radioactive cesium, and prevent them from being taken up by the body.
  — Eva Amsen, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• Ash found that Zhu Ling had received many doses of toxic thallium, increasing in frequency and concentration over time.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2018
• Yes, Dr. Li had specialized knowledge and access to thallium but as a Joann Curley proves, such training isn’t really necessary for a determined killer.
  — Deborah Blum, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2011
• The substance that condensed inside the tube, upon analysis, contained an abnormally large amount of thallium.
  — Sophia Chen, WIRED, 1 July 2019
• That volcano emits fumes with a thallium concentration at least ten times higher than any other volcanic vapors ever studied.
  — Sophia Chen, WIRED, 1 July 2019
• Ash storage sites at the plant are leaking into surface water and groundwater upstream of drinking water intakes for more than 1 million people in the Charlotte region, the report says, calling the thallium and radium results alarming.
  — Deon Roberts, charlotteobserver, 20 Mar. 2018
• It's often used to treat heavy-metal poisoning from thallium or radioactive cesium because its lattice-like network structure—similar to a jungle gym—can trap metal ions from those metals and prevent them from being absorbed by the body.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 June 2022
• Specifically, the group says the creek has shown signs of elevated concentrations of mercury, and elevated levels of arsenic, molybdenum, selenium, copper and thallium from mining in the area.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 1 Mar. 2020
• Lead, arsenic, boron, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, thallium, and uranium are among the chemicals and heavy metals listed with coal ash deposits.
  — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2018
• One of Koremlu’s active ingredients was thallium acetate.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017
• One of Koremlu’s active ingredients was thallium acetate.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024