English Explanatory Dictionary

uranium-235

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fissile isotope of uranium, used for energy generation and in atomic weapons, containing 143 neutrons. It has a half-life of 7.038×10⁸ years; it decays into thorium-231 and ultimately lead.

Word forms

uranium-235

Etymology

From uranium + 235 (the atomic mass of the isotope).

Related words

uranium-232 uranium-233 uranium-234 uranium-238 uranium-239 uranium-240
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