weapons plutonium
(weapons plutonium, weapon-grade plutonium)
Princeton's WordNet
Plutonium..39 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits
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weapon-grade plutonium
(weapons plutonium, weapon-grade plutonium)
Princeton's WordNet
Plutonium..39 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits
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pu
(ˈtaɪ əˌlɪz əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
plutonium.
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curium
(ˈkyʊər i əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a synthetic radioactive element produced from plutonium.
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fermium
(ˈfɜr mi əm, ˈfɛər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a transuranic element, artificially produced from plutonium or uranium.
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americium
(ˌæm əˈrɪʃ i əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a transuranic element, one of the products of high-energy helium bombardment of uranium and plutonium.
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atomic bomb
(əˈtɒm ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a bomb whose explosive force comes from a chain reaction based on nuclear fission in U-235 or plutonium.
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uranium 238
(ʊˈreɪ ni əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the radioactive uranium isotope having a mass number of 238, used chiefly in nuclear reactors as a source of the fissionable isotope plutonium 239.
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einsteinium
(einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
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es
(einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
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atomic number 99
(einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
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e
(einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
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seaborg
(Seaborg, Glenn T. Seaborg, Glenn Theodore Seaborg)
Princeton's WordNet
United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999)
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glenn t. seaborg
(Seaborg, Glenn T. Seaborg, Glenn Theodore Seaborg)
Princeton's WordNet
United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999)
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fm
(fermium, Fm, atomic number 100)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
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fermium
(fermium, Fm, atomic number 100)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
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atomic number 100
(fermium, Fm, atomic number 100)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
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plutonium pit
(plutonium trigger, plutonium pit)
Princeton's WordNet
a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
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curium
(curium, Cm, atomic number 96)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
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cm
(curium, Cm, atomic number 96)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
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atomic number 96
(curium, Cm, atomic number 96)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
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plutonium trigger
(plutonium trigger, plutonium pit)
Princeton's WordNet
a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
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atomic number 93
(neptunium, Np, atomic number 93)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium
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neptunium
(neptunium, Np, atomic number 93)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium
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np
(neptunium, Np, atomic number 93)
Princeton's WordNet
a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium
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plutonium 239
(plutonium 239)
Princeton's WordNet
a highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel; produced by irradiating uranium 238 with slow electrons
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uranium 238
(uranium 238)
Princeton's WordNet
the commonest isotope of uranium; it is not fissionable but when irradiated with neutrons it produces fissionable plutonium 239
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plutonium bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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fission bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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atomic bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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