uranium
IPA: jɝˈeɪniʌm
noun
- The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U: a radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.
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Examples of "uranium" in Sentences
- Uranium was discovered in the region.
- Find Uranium where there are termites.
- It is one of the products of uranium fission.
- In the case of uranium, the gamma radiation is weak.
- This makes the extraction of the uranium incredibly uneconomic.
- In 2005, depleted uranium was shown to be a neurotoxin in rats.
- Why are the oxygens huge relative to the uranium in the picture
- For instance the corrosion of uranium dioxide is studied at the Itu.
- The other byproduct of the company was silver, copper, and uranium salts.
- Dissolved oxygen is sometimes added to the water to mobilize the uranium.
- In addition, uranium is a finite fuel supply and its mining presents serious health risks.
- However, we are already taking the necessary step to remove highly enriched uranium from the country.
- (One uranium nucleus consists of 92 protons and 146 neutrons and each neutron in uranium is bound on average by 8 MeV.)
- It does not, because 1/3 of the uranium is already in the bones, and not circulating in the blood for the kidneys to filter it.
- The analysis of these particles indicates that the uranium is anthropogenic, i.e. that the material was produced as a result of chemical processing.
- U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner congratulated Moldova's government for the break up of what he called a uranium smuggling ring and said an FBI team had assisted Moldovan authorities with "technical analysis."
- It does not, because 1/3 of the uranium is already in the bones, and not circulating in the blood for the kidneys to filter it. “Twenty to thirty percent of a toxic does of intravenous uranium could be found in the bones of male rats within 2.5 hours after administration, and 90% of the uranium retained by the body after 40 days was in bone [Neuman 1948a].