About The Word Uranium
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Uranium
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What's The Definition Of Uranium?
[n] a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons
Synonyms | Synonyms for Uranium: atomic number 92 | U Related Terms | Find terms related to Uranium: See Also | metal | metallic element | pitchblende | uraninite | uranium 235 | uranium 238 Uranium In Webster's Dictionary \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
yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate
greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong
fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in
porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.
Note: Uranium was discovered in the state of an oxide by
Klaproth in 1789, and so named in honor of Herschel's
discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781.
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