typical uranium ore
51chemical industry — Introduction complex of processes, operations, and organizations engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and their derivatives. Although the chemical industry may be described simply as the industry that uses chemistry and… …
52Nuclear fission — For the generation of electrical power by fission, see Nuclear power. Splitting the atom redirects here. For the EP, see Splitting the Atom. Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusio …
53Protactinium — thorium ← protactinium → uranium Pr ↑ Pa ↓ …
54Samarium — promethium ← samarium → europium ↑ Sm ↓ …
55Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
56India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
57Open-pit mining — El Chino, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is an open pit copper mine …
58Nuclear power phase-out — A nuclear power plant at Grafenrheinfeld, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel s coalition announced on May 30, 2011, that Germany’s 17 nuclear power stations will be shut down by 2022, in a policy reversal following Japan s Fukushima Daiichi… …
59Alkali metal — Group → 1 ↓ Period 2 3 Li 3 …
60Mining in India — The Darya i Noor diamond from the Iranian Crown Jewels, originally from the mines of Golconda, Andhra Pradesh. Mining in India is an important economic activity which contributes significantly to the economy of India.[1 …
