uranium

  • 1Uranium — (pronEng|jʊˈreɪniəm) is a silvery gray metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. It has 92 protons and 92 electrons, 6 of them valence electrons. It can have between 141 and …

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  • 2Uranium — Protactinium ← Uranium → Neptunium Nd …

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  • 3URANIUM — L’uranium (symbole U, numéro atomique 92) est un élément chimique métallique très dense (d = 19), dur, dont la couleur grise rappelle celle du nickel. Pendant les cent cinquante ans qui suivirent sa découverte, en 1789, par Martin Heinrich… …

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  • 4uranium — [yoo rā′nē əm] n. [ModL: so named (1789) by M. H. Klaproth (see TELLURIUM), its discoverer, after URANUS, recently (1781) discovered planet + IUM] a very hard, heavy, silver colored, radioactive, metallic chemical element, one of the actinides,… …

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  • 5Uranium — U*ra ni*um, n. [NL., from Uranus the planet. See {Uranus}.] (Chem.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel white metal which is quite permanent. Its… …

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  • 6uranium — Symbol: U Atomic number: 92 Atomic weight: (231) White radioactive metallic element belonging to the actinoids. Three natural isotopes, U 238, U 235 and U 234. Uranium 235 is used as the fuel for nuclear reactors and weapons. Discovered by Martin …

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  • 7Uranium — Uranium, so v.w. Uranorama …

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  • 8Uranium — (U) Уран химический радиоактивный элемент (металл) с атомным номером 92 и атомной массой наиболее распространенного и устойчивого изотопа 238. Природный уран состоит из смеси трех изотопов урана 238, урана 235 и урана 234, из которых практическое …

    Термины атомной энергетики

  • 9uranium — rare metallic element, 1797, named 1789 in Modern Latin by its discoverer, German chemist and mineralogist Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743 1817), for the recently found planet URANUS (Cf. Uranus) (q.v.) …

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  • 10uranium — ► NOUN ▪ a grey dense radioactive metallic chemical element used as a fuel in nuclear reactors. ORIGIN from the planet Uranus …

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