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Isotope of uranium
Uranium-232 (232 U) is an isotope of uranium. It has a half-life of 68.9 years and is a side product in the thorium cycle. It has been cited[by whom?]
Uranium-232
proportion of uranium-236, and much smaller amounts of other isotopes of uranium such as uranium-234, uranium-233, and uranium-232. Uranium-239 is usually
Isotopes_of_uranium
Chemical element with atomic number 92 (U)
natural uranium are uranium-238 (which has 146 neutrons and accounts for over 99% of uranium on Earth) and uranium-235 (which has 143 neutrons). Uranium has
Uranium
Isotope of uranium
Uranium-233 (233 U or U-233) is a fissile isotope of uranium that is bred from thorium-232 as part of the thorium fuel cycle. Uranium-233 was investigated
Uranium-233
Isotope of thorium
quantities as intermediate products in the decay chains of uranium-238, uranium-235, and thorium-232. Some minerals that contain thorium include apatite, sphene
Thorium-232
Nuclear fuel cycle
an isotope of thorium, 232 Th, as the fertile material. In the reactor, 232 Th is transmuted into the fissile artificial uranium isotope 233 U which is
Thorium_fuel_cycle
Isotope of uranium
Uranium-234 (234 U or U-234) is an isotope of uranium. In natural uranium and in uranium ore, 234U occurs as an indirect decay product of uranium-238
Uranium-234
Nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes
more-commonly available isotopes of uranium and thorium, such as uranium-238 and thorium-232, as opposed to the rare uranium-235 which is used in conventional
Breeder_reactor
Isotope of uranium
comparable proportion of uranium-236, and much smaller amounts of other isotopes of uranium such as uranium-234, uranium-233, and uranium-232. In a fission nuclear
Uranium-238
Nuclear energy extracted from thorium isotopes
billion kilowatt hours of electricity) and converted enough thorium-232 into uranium-233 to achieve a 1.014 breeding ratio. After studying the feasibility
Thorium-based_nuclear_power
Process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground
Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the earth. Almost 50,000 tons of uranium were produced in 2022. Kazakhstan, Canada, and
Uranium_mining
Nuclear material pure enough to be used for nuclear weapons
to that goal is the co-production of trace amounts of uranium-232 due to side-reactions. U-232 hazards, a result of its highly radioactive decay products
Weapons-grade nuclear material
Weapons-grade_nuclear_material
Isotope of uranium
quantity by the nuclear fuel cycle, and the longer-lived uranium-235, uranium-238, and thorium-232 occur in nature.) Unlike plutonium, minor actinides, fission
Uranium-236
Uranium with lower content of 235U
Depleted uranium (DU), also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy, or D-38, is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235U than
Depleted_uranium
Uranium recovered from spent nuclear fuel reprocessing
Reprocessed uranium (RepU) is the uranium recovered from nuclear reprocessing, as done commercially in France, the UK and Japan and by nuclear weapons
Reprocessed_uranium
Topics referred to by the same term
U-232 may refer to: German submarine U-232, a German Type VIIC submarine used in World War II Uranium-232 (U-232 or 232U), an isotope of uranium This disambiguation
U-232
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Isotopes of uranium Uranium-232 Uranium-233 Uranium-234 Uranium-235 Uranium-236 Uranium-238 Uranium-239 Uranium-240 Uranium (Caria), a town of
Uranium_(disambiguation)
Process of manufacturing and using nuclear fuel
and then to uranium-233, which in turn is used as fuel. Hence, like uranium-238, thorium-232 is a fertile material. n neutron + Th 90 232 ⟶ Th 90 233
Nuclear_fuel_cycle
Smallest amount of fissile material needed to sustain a nuclear reaction
undergo a chain reaction. For example, a spherical critical mass of pure uranium-235 (235U) with a mass of about 52 kilograms (115 lb) would experience
Critical_mass
Type of radioactive decay
require energy to be added. For example, performing the calculation for uranium-232 shows that alpha particle emission releases 5.4 MeV of energy, while
Alpha_decay
007 MeV and the decay product is protactinium-232. This decays with a half-life of 1.3 days to uranium-232. Neptunium-236 is a fissile material; it has
Isotopes_of_neptunium
Transformation of a nuclide to another
neutrons: (n,2n) reactions produce small amounts of protactinium-231 and uranium-232 in the thorium cycle which is otherwise relatively free of highly radioactive
Nuclear_reaction
Series of radioactive decays
long-lived nuclides are uranium-238 (half-life 4.463 billion years), uranium-235 (half-life 704 million years) and thorium-232 (half-life 14.1 billion
Decay_chain
S2CID 257976576. Yirka, Bob (April 5, 2023). "Previously unknown isotope of uranium discovered". Phys.org. Retrieved 2023-04-12. Radiation, UAB.
List of radioactive nuclides by half-life
List_of_radioactive_nuclides_by_half-life
Material capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction
half-lives for alpha or beta decay. Examples of these isotopes are uranium-238 and thorium-232. On the other hand, other than the lightest nuclides, nuclides
Fissile_material
which is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Decay of the associated uranium-232 produces thorium-228 with a radioactive half-life of 1.9 years and several
Denaturation (fissile materials)
Denaturation_(fissile_materials)
Chemical compound
Uranium hexafluoride, sometimes called hex, is an inorganic compound with the formula UF6. Uranium hexafluoride is a volatile, white solid that is used
Uranium_hexafluoride
Radioisotope that occurs naturally in trace amounts
of the long-lived heavy nuclides, thorium-232, uranium-238, and uranium-235, spontaneous fission of uranium-238, and nuclear transmutation reactions induced
Trace_radioisotope
in the abundant uranium decay series. Lead-211, -212, and -214 are present in the decay chains of uranium-235, thorium-232, and uranium-238, further, making
Isotopes_of_lead
American nuclear scientist and naval flag officer
research at Oak Ridge focused on the impact of highly toxic isotopes of uranium-232, uranium-238, plutonium-238, and plutonium-244 in the aquatic environment
John_E._Till
Program of the Manhattan Project to convert uranium ores into feed materials
The Manhattan Project feed materials program located and procured uranium ores, and refined and processed them into feed materials for use in the Manhattan
Manhattan Project feed materials program
Manhattan_Project_feed_materials_program
Nuclear reaction splitting an atom into multiple parts
aims to recover usable material from spent nuclear fuel to both enable uranium (and thorium) supplies to last longer and to reduce the amount of "waste"
Nuclear_fission
American scientist
described the discovery of radioisotopes protactinium-232, uranium-232, protactinium-233, as well as uranium-233 and the characterization of its fissionability
John_Gofman
Indian fast breeder nuclear reactor design
resource, is capable of generating a large amount of uranium-233, a fissile isotope from thorium-232, it is instrumental in paving the way for utilization
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
Prototype_Fast_Breeder_Reactor
characteristics of the alkaline earth metals formed by irradiation of uranium with neutrons")". Naturwissenschaften. 27 (1): 11–15. Bibcode:1939NW..
Radioanalytical_chemistry
Device for controlled nuclear reactions
to Pu-239, or Th-232 to U-233). Thus, a uranium breeder reactor, once running, can be refueled with natural or even depleted uranium, and a thorium breeder
Nuclear_reactor
uranium system and is expected to reach its advanced stage at the beginning of 2023. The Tumas project has a total reserve of 122.6 Mlb U3O8 at 232 ppm
Uranium_mining_in_Namibia
Material fuelling nuclear reactors
fuel are plutonium-239 and uranium-233, which are obtained through nuclear transmutation from uranium-238 and thorium-232, respectively. Nuclear fuel
Nuclear_fuel
Conversion of an atom from one element to another
of the fissile isotope uranium-233. The radiative capture cross section for thorium-232 is more than three times that of uranium-238, yielding a higher
Nuclear_transmutation
Canadian heavy water nuclear reactor design
The CANDU (Canada deuterium uranium) is a Canadian pressurized heavy-water reactor design used to generate electric power. The acronym refers to its deuterium
CANDU_reactor
Chemical element with atomic number 91 (Pa)
not also monoisotopic, occurring almost exclusively through the decay of Uranium-235. The element was first identified in 1913 by Kazimierz Fajans and Oswald
Protactinium
Isotope of plutonium
the three naturally abundant ones: uranium-235 (704 million years), uranium-238 (4.463 billion years), and thorium-232 (14.0 billion years). Given the half-life
Plutonium-244
Chemical element with atomic number 90 (Th)
composition, with atomic weight 232.0377±0.0004. It is one of only four radioactive elements (along with bismuth, protactinium and uranium) that occur in large enough
Thorium
World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
The project proposed both highly enriched uranium and plutonium as fuel for nuclear weapons. Enriched uranium was produced at the Clinton Engineer Works
Manhattan_Project
such applications, including Thorium-228, Radium-228, Actinium-227, and Uranium-232. Because the decay chains release energy through several consecutive
Radioisotope_rocket
F-block chemical elements
power are thorium-232 and its product from the thorium fuel cycle, uranium-233. Emission of neutrons during the fission of uranium is important not only
Actinide
Natural occurrence of chemical element
Earth's crust than all isotopes of uranium combined and thorium-232 is several hundred times more abundant than uranium-235. Thorium concentrations near
Occurrence_of_thorium
Nuclear reactor where fast neutrons maintain a fission chain reaction
natural uranium, or with enriched material, containing around 20% 235 U. Test runs at various facilities have also been done using 233 U and 232 Th. The
Fast-neutron_reactor
India's nuclear energy programme envisioned by Homi J. Bhabha
Advanced nuclear power system involves a self-sustaining series of thorium-232–uranium-233 fuelled reactors. This would be a thermal breeder reactor, which
India's three-stage nuclear power programme
India's_three-stage_nuclear_power_programme
Type of nuclear fission reactor
efficiently without uranium enrichment or reprocessing, [dubious – discuss] instead directly using depleted uranium, natural uranium, thorium, spent fuel
Traveling_wave_reactor
Nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor
are fissioned, or "burnt", in the reactor. A fresh rod of low-enriched uranium pellets (which can be safely handled with gloved hands) will become a highly
Spent_nuclear_fuel
Technique for determining the age of marine sediment
thorium-232 and more radioactive thorium-230. (230Th was once known as ionium, before it was realised it was the same element as 232Th.) Uranium (in nature
Ionium–thorium_dating
When one nuclear reaction causes more
almost 100% composed of the isotope thorium-232. This is called the thorium fuel cycle. The fissile isotope uranium-235 in its natural concentration is unfit
Nuclear_chain_reaction
Plutonium and uranium present in nuclear fuel
industry that refers to the isotopes of plutonium (239 Pu) uranium (235 U, 238 U) and thorium (232 Th) present in nuclear fuel, as opposed to the minor actinides
Major_actinide
Substance that can be converted into material for use in nuclear fission
in a reactor include: thorium-232 which converts into uranium-233 uranium-234 which converts into uranium-235 uranium-238 which converts into plutonium-239
Fertile_material
US company and Superfund site
Willis, as the Radium Luminous Material Corporation. The company produced uranium from carnotite ore and eventually moved into the business of producing
United States Radium Corporation
United_States_Radium_Corporation
including notable elements such as uranium and plutonium. The nuclides (or isotopes) thorium-232, uranium-235, and uranium-238 occur primordially, while trace
Actinides_in_the_environment
product between thorium-233 (produced from natural thorium-232 by neutron capture) and uranium-233 (the fissile fuel of the thorium cycle). Some thorium-cycle
Isotopes_of_protactinium
Indian nuclear reactor design
a fissile isotope; unlike uranium, which contains 0.72% of fissile 235 U, thorium is composed almost only out of fertile 232 Th which can be transmutated
Advanced_heavy-water_reactor
Classification of fissile nuclear material
thorium-232. Since they are different elements than the source material, they can be separated relatively easily through chemical processes. However, uranium-235
Special_nuclear_material
Chemical element with atomic number 84 (Po)
polonium-210 (with a half-life of 138 days) in uranium ores, as it is the penultimate daughter of natural uranium-238. Though two longer-lived isotopes exist
Polonium
Chemical element with atomic number 88 (Ra)
primordial thorium-232, uranium-235, and uranium-238 (223Ra from uranium-235, 226Ra from uranium-238, and the other two from thorium-232). These isotopes
Radium
Chemical compound
The anhydrous material can be obtained by the reaction of oxygen with uranium tetrachloride: UCl4 + O2 → UO2Cl2 + Cl2 In terms of structures, all three
Uranyl_chloride
Bilateral investment treaty between Ukraine and the United States
agreement on joint investment and use" of Ukraine's natural resources—such as uranium, titanium, and lithium—with the European Union and the United States. The
Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement
Ukraine–United_States_Mineral_Resources_Agreement
Town in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq
aimed to enrich uranium. The site included both 1200 mm and 600 mm separators. Tarmiya was the location of 20 calutrons used to enrich uranium to 35%, situated
Al_Tarmia
Radionuclide formed by nucleosynthesis before formation of the Solar System
by cosmic ray spallation on dust in the upper atmosphere. Uranium-236 is produced in uranium ores by neutrons from other radioisotopes. Iodine-129 is produced
Extinct_radionuclide
Atom that has excess nuclear energy, making it unstable
arise in the decay chain of the primordial isotopes thorium-232, uranium-238, and uranium-235 - such as the natural isotopes of polonium and radium -
Radionuclide
1938 achievement in physics
Strassmann at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in Berlin bombarded uranium with slow neutrons and discovered that barium had been produced. Hahn suggested
Discovery_of_nuclear_fission
Type of nuclear reactor that uses molten material as fuel
non-fissile uranium-238 (>99% of natural uranium) Uranium-233, which can be bred from non-fissile thorium-232 (~100% of natural thorium; which has about
Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor
Worldwide economic depression (1929–1939)
for Africans from 1924 to 1964". The Journal of Negro History. 78 (4): 207–232. doi:10.2307/2717416. JSTOR 2717416. S2CID 149538992. R. Anstey, King Leopold's
Great_Depression
Technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon
best-known techniques are radiocarbon dating, potassium–argon dating and uranium–lead dating. By allowing the establishment of geological timescales, it
Radiometric_dating
Electricity generation by nuclear fusion
breed weapons-grade plutonium or uranium for an atomic bomb (for example, by transmutation of 238 U to 239 Pu, or 232 Th to 233 U). A study conducted in
Fusion_power
Mineral group, calcium phosphate
source of hydrofluoric acid. Apatite is also occasionally a source of uranium and vanadium, present as trace elements in the mineral. Fluoro-chloro apatite
Apatite
American attorney (born 1950)
running for president. Barr added that an investigation into an alleged Uranium One controversy was more warranted than looking into whether Trump conspired
William_Barr
Secret laboratory established by the Manhattan Project
Little Boy was developed using uranium-235. Chemists at the Los Alamos Laboratory developed methods of purifying uranium and plutonium, the latter a metal
Project_Y
Chronic and multi-symptomatic disorder
depleted uranium'". BBC News. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-02-18. Cotterill T (18 February 2021). "Gulf War syndrome 'not caused by depleted uranium' city
Gulf_War_syndrome
Fictional monster, or kaiju
internal anatomy includes sacs which allow him to store oil, lava, coal, and uranium. In Gamera, the Giant Monster and Gamera vs. Barugon, extreme cold temperatures
Gamera
Form of water
heavy water reactors have the advantage of being able to run on natural uranium without using graphite moderators that pose radiological and dust explosion
Heavy_water
Unusable radioactive materials
nuclear reprocessing, 96% of the spent fuel can be recycled back into uranium-based and mixed-oxide (MOX) fuels. The residual 4% is minor actinides and
Radioactive_waste
German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)
isotopes of the radioactive elements radium, thorium, protactinium and uranium. He also discovered the phenomena of atomic recoil and nuclear isomerism
Otto_Hahn
American second generation main battle tank
Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T) (M735 and M774), APFSDS Depleted Uranium (DU) (APFSDS-DU) (M833), HEAT-FS (M456), APDS dummy and target practice
M60_tank
Rock formation in the western United States
Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, the Morrison Formation was a major source of uranium ore. According to radiometric dating, the Morrison Formation dates from
Morrison_Formation
Argentine presidential administration since 2023
the Atucha Nuclear Complex and the development, as a second stage, of uranium reserves to cover domestic demand and export high value-added fuels. During
Presidency_of_Javier_Milei
Form of radioactive decay
conducting experiments to explore the effects of incident neutron energy on uranium nuclei. Their equipment recorded fission fragments even when no neutrons
Spontaneous_fission
Nuclides predating the Earth's formation (found on Earth)
elements. Cadmium, tellurium, xenon, neodymium, samarium, osmium, and uranium each have two primordial radioisotopes (113 Cd, 116 Cd; 128 Te, 130 Te;
Primordial_nuclide
Component of nuclear fission or fusion reactors
The former use thermal neutrons to activate thorium-232, ultimately producing uranium-233: Th 90 232 + 0 1 n → (n, γ ) Th 90 233 → 21.8 min β − Pa 91 233
Breeding_blanket
Defunct American nuclear production site
that could irradiate uranium and transmute it into plutonium. Meanwhile, chemists investigated ways to separate plutonium from uranium. In September 1942
Hanford_Site
element, except for trace quantities resulting from neutron capture by uranium, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given. Like all artificial
Isotopes_of_plutonium
Thorium-232 is now classified as carcinogenic. 233Th is an isotope of thorium that decays into protactinium-233 through beta decay, then into uranium-233
Isotopes_of_thorium
Explosive with focused effect
element has been tried, including aluminum, tungsten, tantalum, depleted uranium, lead, tin, cadmium, cobalt, magnesium, titanium, zinc, zirconium, molybdenum
Shaped_charge
Type of nuclear fission reactor
compared to the uranium cycle. However, the thorium cycle also presents significant operational challenges due to the production and use of 232 U and the long-lived
Small_modular_reactor
(6 October 2011). The New Uranium Mining Boom: Challenge and lessons learned. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 232. ISBN 9783642221224. Retrieved
Tailings_dam_failure
Fourth era of the Archean Eon
it containing deposits of volcanic-hosted massive sulphide, gold, and uranium found in the Canadian Shield. With new research, the validity of Kenorland
Neoarchean
First-level administrative division of Russia
border. The republic's natural resources include gold, tungsten, zinc, uranium, and more. Average annual temperature: 0 °C (32 °F) [citation needed] Average
Buryatia
Tabular arrangement of the chemical elements
is element 92, uranium. However, uranium can undergo spontaneous fission in nature, and the resulting neutrons can strike other uranium atoms. If neutron
Periodic_table
System for the precession of equinoxes
Dulakara ayanamsa is precise; the zero ayanamsa year according to it is 232 CE. Indrasena ayanamsa is a significant improvement of Dulakara ayanamsa
Ayanāṃśa
American third-generation main battle tank
tanks with depleted uranium armor immediately before the onset of the campaign. M1A2 tanks uniformly incorporate depleted uranium armor, and all M1A1
M1_Abrams
Nuclear research facility in Mumbai, India
Advanced nuclear power system involves a self-sustaining series of thorium-232–uranium-233 fuelled reactors. This would be a thermal breeder reactor, which
Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre
Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten material
generate 232 U. Because 232 U has a short half-life and its decay chain contains hard gamma emitters, it makes the isotopic mix of uranium less attractive
Molten-salt_reactor
2001–2009 U.S. presidential administration
Wilson, had challenged Bush's assertion that Hussein had sought to obtain uranium from Africa, and a special prosecutor was tasked with determining whether
Presidency_of_George_W._Bush
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French gerner ‘granary’ (Old French grenier, from Late Latin granarium, a derivative of granum ‘grain’). It may have been a topographic name for someone who lived near a barn or granary, or a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of the stores kept in a granary.English : variant of Warner 1, from a central Old French form.English : reduced form of Gardener.South German : from an agent derivative of Middle High German garn ‘thread’; by extension, an occupational name for a fisherman.Altered spelling of Gerner.
Female
Hebrew
(×ï¬µ×¨Ö¸× Ö´×™×ª) Hebrew name URANIT means "light."
Female
Hebrew
(×ֲרִי×ֵל) Hebrew unisex name ARI'EL means "lion of god." In the bible, this is a name applied to the city of Jerusalem, and the name of a chief of the returning exiles. In the Apocrypha, this is the name of an archangel who rules the waters. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, and the name of a spirit in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest."Â
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
To Recite in a Sing Song Voice
Female
English
English Shakespeare character name derived from Roman Latin Porcius, PORTIA means "pig." A moon of Uranus was given this name.
Girl/Female
Greek
Crane.
Male
Greek
(Ωκεανός) Greek name OKEANOS means "ocean." In mythology, this is the name of a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaia, the personification of the world-ocean once believed to encircle the world.
Female
German
German form of Roman Latin Porcius, PORSCHE means "pig." A moon of Uranus was given this name.
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Hebrew unisex Ari'el, ARIEL means "lion of god." In the bible, this is a name applied to the city of Jerusalem, and the name of a chief of the returning exiles. In the Apocrypha, this is the name of an archangel who rules the waters. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, and the name of a spirit in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest."
Female
Greek
(ΤηθÏÏ‚) Greek name TETHYS means "grandmother; nurse." In mythology, this is the name of a Titaness and sea goddess, the daughter of Ouranos (Latin Uranus) and Gaia (Latin Gæa).
Female
English
English name which may be an elaborated form of the Latin word cor, CORDELIA means "heart." This is the name of a legendary queen of the Britons. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus and an asteroid, both of which were named after a Shakespeare character who also bore this name.
Girl/Female
Indian
Great, Famous, Peace protector
Boy/Male
Greek
Sky.
Female
Greek
(Παλλάς) Greek unisex name derived from the word pallô, PALLAS means "to brandish a weapon." In mythology, this is the name of many characters in Greek mythology: a son of Euandros (Latin Evander); a giant son of Ouranos (Latin Uranus) and Gaia; a Titan son of Krios (Latin Crius) and Eurybia; the father of the 50 Pallantids; a daughter of Triton; and it is an epithet of Athene.Â
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : topographic name for someone who lived by a granary, from Middle English, Old French grange (Latin granica ‘granary’, ‘barn’, from granum ‘grain’). In some cases, the surname has arisen from places named with this word, for example in Dorset and West Yorkshire in England, and in Ardèche and Jura in France. The Marquis de Lafayette owned a property named Lagrange, and there used to be a place in VT so named in his honor.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Great, Famous, Peace protector (1)
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Francom.
Girl/Female
Greek
Heavenly.
Girl/Female
Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese
Heavenly; Muse of Astronomy
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Indian
Pure; Natural
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Drinking the Elixir of Courage
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Affectionate; Kind Hearted; Compassionate; Loving
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Following next
Girl/Female
Muslim
Narrator, Reciter, Transmit
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Muslim
Thankfulness, Praise
Girl/Female
Hebrew American
Jewess. Praised.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Name of a river (NWife of the Lord of the sea)
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a.
Of or pertaining to the cranium.
a.
Within the cranium or skull.
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with the uranic compounds.
pl.
of Bucranium
a.
Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.
pl.
of Cranium
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.
n.
The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.
a.
A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; -- used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.
n.
The dove's-foot geranium (Geranium molle).
pl.
of Cranium
n.
The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.
a.
Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year.
n.
A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.
n.
An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See Fluorescein.
n.
Scientific examination of the cranium.
n.
A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.
n.
The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.
n.
An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.
n.
The contents of the cranium; the brain.