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Word | Plutonium |
Chinese Meaning | 钚, 鈈, 钚 (bù) |
a radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239 / a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons / the chemical element of atomic number 94, a dense silvery radioactive metal of the actinide series, used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and as an explosive in nuclear fission weapons. Plutonium only occurs in trace amounts in nature but is manufactured in nuclear reactors from uranium-238., | |
Usage | ⇒ Plutonium is used as fuel in nuclear power station ⇒ The only manufacturing left on the site when reprocessing goes will be the plant for making nuclear fuel from plutonium and uranium oxides. |
Synonyms | radium, Pu, element, silver, uranium, arsenic, astatine, boron, bromine, chlorine, germanium, helium, hydrogen, iodine, mendelevium, radon, atomic number 94, acid, actinium, alkali, |
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