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uranium

/yoo-rey-nee-uhm/US // yʊˈreɪ ni əm //UK // (jʊˈreɪnɪəm) //

铀,铀矿,浓缩铀,铀元素

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a white, lustrous, radioactive, metallic element, occurring in pitchblende, and having compounds that are used in photography and in coloring glass. The 235 isotope is used in atomic and hydrogen bombs and as a fuel in nuclear reactors. Symbol: U; atomic weight: 238.03; atomic number: 92; specific gravity: 19.07.

Examples

  • Also, large amounts of uranium would have required the presence of lots of neutrons.

  • Violent explosions of massive, magnetized stars may forge most of the universe’s heavy elements, such as silver and uranium.

  • After blasting uranium with neutrons, Fermi and colleagues reported evidence of success.

  • Among the provocative moves, Iran began enriching uranium at levels beyond caps outlined in the accord.

  • In the process, heavy elements such as uranium begin to crystalize, forming “snowflakes” in the stars’ cores.

  • Importantly, as part of the interim plan, Iran has diluted or converted its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium.

  • And that conglomerate also owns nearly 70 percent of the Rossing uranium mine in Namibia.

  • Since then, all dividend payments have been frozen and Iran receives “no uranium or revenue from the mine.”

  • A drawing of what was deemed a “deer pig” was also sent through the uranium decay ringer.

  • He referred to this risky state of affairs as “the babushka-with-uranium-in-the-chicken-shed” problem.

  • It's not controllable enough and uranium isn't something we could carry by the ton.

  • But the osmium and uranium alloyed with it are something else.

  • Radium was discovered in 1898 by M. and Madame Curie and M. Bmont, while experimenting with the uranium mineral pitchblende.

  • From the steel-like ground they scooped a dozen tons of the dirty black uranium ore and sent it hurtling back to the Bertha.

  • They flew about a huge stack of lead containers—uranium cells secured for the long trip home.