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"plutonium" auf Englisch — Englisch-Englisch Wörterbuch | Werfen Sie einen Blick auf "plutonium" auf Englisch

plutonium
Pu
atomic number 94

Substantiv
  1. a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; 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
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Weitere Redewendungen — "plutonium"

Substantiv
plutonium trigger , plutonium pit = a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
plutonium 239 = 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
weapons plutonium , weapon-grade plutonium = plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits
Siehe auch: atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb