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uranium 235

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. the radioactive uranium isotope having a mass number of 235, comprising 0.715 percent of natural uranium. When bombarded with neutrons it undergoes fission with the release of energy.


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Origin of uranium 2351

First recorded in 1935–40

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