uranium hexafluoride

uranium hexafluoride
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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  • uranium hexafluoride — noun Date: 1899 a volatile compound UF6 of uranium and fluorine that is used in one major process of enriching uranium in uranium 235 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • uranium hexafluoride — Chem. a colorless, water insoluble, crystalline, volatile solid, UF6, used in its gaseous state in separating uranium 235 from uranium. [1940 45] * * * …   Universalium

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