Definitions for uranium hexafluoride
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ura′nium hexafluor′ide(n.)
a colorless, water-insoluble, crystalline, volatile solid, UF6, used in its gaseous state in separating uranium 235 from uranium.
Category: Chemistry
Origin of uranium hexafluoride:
1940–45
Wiktionary
uranium hexafluoride(Noun)
a binary compound of uranium and fluorine, UF; it is a grey solid, or heavy gas, and is used in the uranium enrichment process to produce fuel for nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons
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