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- of uranium-235 and to a lesser degree uranium-233 generates the heat needed ... elements useful in radiometric dating. Uranium-233 is made from thorium-232 ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
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- Uraninite is a uranium-rich, radioactive mineral that is composed mainly of uranium dioxide (UO2). It is black or brownish and the principal ...4 KB (526 words) - 13:35, 3 May 2023
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of the actinide series of chemical elements. It is a toxic, highly radioactive ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- 232Th will absorb slow neutrons to produce uranium-233 (233U), which is fissile. Hence, like 238U, it is fertile. In one significant respect ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Neptunium (chemical symbol Np, atomic number 93) is a silvery radioactive metallic element, belonging to the actinide series. It is the first ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- Centrifugation is a process that involves the use of the centrifugal force for the separation of mixtures, used in industry and in laboratory ...7 KB (963 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- Curium (chemical symbol Cm, atomic number 96) is a radioactive, metallic, transuranic element "Transuranic elements" are the chemical ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- by the decay of neptunium-237 or uranium-233). The People's Republic of China is the world's largest producer of bismuth, followed ...14 KB (1,891 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- A centrifuge is a piece of equipment, generally driven by a motor, that puts objects in rotation around a central, fixed axis, applying a force ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- Astatine (chemical symbol At, atomic number 85) is the rarest naturally occurring chemical element. It is a member of the halogen family of elements ...6 KB (808 words) - 05:08, 18 August 2023
- Radium (chemical symbol Ra, atomic number 88) is an extremely radioactive element that is classified as an an alkaline earth metal. When freshly ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 22:47, 7 December 2022
- Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- of uranium-235 and to a lesser degree uranium-233 generates the heat needed ... elements useful in radiometric dating. Uranium-233 is made from thorium-232 ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- Fluorine (chemical symbol F, atomic number 9) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as halogens. Chemically, it is ...13 KB (1,855 words) - 17:47, 28 March 2024
- **KAMINI—A unique reactor using Uranium-233 isotope for fuel. Built by BARC and IGCAR Uses thorium. **India is also building a bigger scale ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Actinium (chemical symbol Ac, atomic number 89) is a silvery, radioactive, metallic element. Due to its intense radioactivity, it glows in the ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- Fermium (chemical symbol Fm, atomic number 100) is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A highly radioactive metallic transuranic element ...7 KB (998 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- Americium (chemical symbol Am, atomic number 95) is a radioactive, synthetic metallic element, classified as an actinide. It was the fourth transuranic ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
- Francium (chemical symbol Fr, atomic number 87) is a radioactive metal found in minute amounts in uranium and thorium ores. Although many isotopes ...6 KB (795 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- Californium (chemical symbol Cf, atomic number 98) is a chemical element in the periodic table. A radioactive transuranic element, ...11 KB (1,466 words) - 18:27, 25 November 2023
- Geochronology is the science of determining the absolute ages of rocks, fossils, and sediments found on Earth. This field of science relies on ...10 KB (1,498 words) - 06:51, 18 April 2024
