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PRONUNCIATION OF URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE

uranium hexafluoride  [ˌhɛksəˈflʊəˌraɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE

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Uranium hexafluoride is a noun.
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WHAT DOES URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

uranium hexafluoride

Uranium hexafluoride

Uranium hexafluoride, referred to as "hex" in the nuclear industry, is a compound used in the uranium enrichment process that produces fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. It forms solid grey crystals at standard temperature and pressure, is highly toxic, reacts violently with water and is corrosive to most metals. It reacts mildly with aluminium, forming a thin surface layer of AlF3 that resists further reaction.

Definition of uranium hexafluoride in the English dictionary

The definition of uranium hexafluoride in the dictionary is a compound used in the process of uranium enrichment that produces fissile material for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Formula: UF6.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE


deuteride
ˈdjuːtəˌraɪd
diglyceride
daɪˈɡlɪsəˌraɪd
disaccharide
daɪˈsækəˌraɪd
fluoride
ˈflʊəˌraɪd
fulleride
ˈfʊləˌraɪd
glyceride
ˈɡlɪsəˌraɪd
hagride
ˈhæɡˌraɪd
hexafluoride
ˌheksəˈflʊəˌraɪd
lipopolysaccaride
ˌlɪpəʊˌpɒlɪˈsækəˌraɪd
monosaccharide
ˌmɒnəʊˈsækəˌraɪd
oligosaccharide
ˌɒlɪɡəʊˈsækəˌraɪd
polymeride
pəˈlɪməˌraɪd
polysaccharide
ˌpɒlɪˈsækəˌraɪd
pride
praɪd
pyromeride
paɪˈrɒməˌraɪd
ride
raɪd
saccharide
ˈsækəˌraɪd
telluride
ˈtɛljʊˌraɪd
triglyceride
traɪˈɡlɪsəˌraɪd
trisaccharide
traɪˈsækəˌraɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE

uranic
uranide
uranin
uraninite
uraniscus
uranism
uranite
uranitic
uranium
uranium series
uranium-235
uranium-bearing
uranographer
uranographic
uranographical
uranographist
uranography
uranology
uranometry
uranoplasty

WORDS THAT END LIKE URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE

acetyl chloride
ammonium chloride
boride
bride
calcium chloride
carbon tetrachloride
chloride
hydrochloride
hydrogen chloride
hydrogen fluoride
mercuric chloride
methyl chloride
methylene chloride
oxycodone hydrochloride
polyvinyl chloride
potassium chloride
silver chloride
sodium chloride
tetrachloride
trichloride
vinyl chloride

Synonyms and antonyms of uranium hexafluoride in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «uranium hexafluoride» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE

Find out the translation of uranium hexafluoride to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of uranium hexafluoride from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «uranium hexafluoride» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

六氟化铀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hexafluoruro de uranio
570 millions of speakers

English

uranium hexafluoride
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यूरेनियम हेक्साफ्लोराइड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سادس فلوريد اليورانيوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гексафторид урана
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hexafluoreto de urânio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইউরেনিয়াম হেক্সাফ্লোরাইড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´hexafluorure d´uranium
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Uranium hexafluoride
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Uranhexafluorid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

六フッ化ウラン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

육 불화 우라늄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Uranium hexafluoride
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

uranium hexafluoride
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யுரேனியம் ஹெக்ஸாஃப்ளோரைடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

यूरेनियम हेक्साफ्लोराइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uranyum heksaflorid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esafluoruro di uranio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sześciofluorek uranu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гексафторид урану
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hexafluorură de uraniu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξαφθοριούχο ουράνιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uraanheksafluoried
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uranhexafluorid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uranheksafluorid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of uranium hexafluoride

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE»

The term «uranium hexafluoride» is normally little used and occupies the 125.650 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about uranium hexafluoride

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE»

Discover the use of uranium hexafluoride in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to uranium hexafluoride and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Direct reduction of uranium hexafluoride to uranium metal by ...
0 INTRODUCTION This report describes the Druhm process for direct reduction of uranium hexafluoride to metal, especially the design and testing of major reactor components and evaluation of materials of construction. Much of the product ...
C. D. Scott, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1961
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Synthesis of Lanthanide and Actinide Compounds
A useful preparative method for uranium hexafluoride not involving the use of free fluorine is the reaction between the tetrafluoride and dry oxygen at 800°C [ 220-2221. 2UF4 +• O2 -» UF6 + UO2F2 .... (xii) Some pentafluoride is also formed ...
G. Meyer, Lester R. Morss, 1991
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The plant is one of two principal uranium hexafluoride conversion facilities in Russia. Uranium hexafluoride is uniquely suitable as feed for a centrifuge or gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facility. Uranium hexafluoride is also the ...
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Practical Guide to Industrial Safety: Methods for Process ...
Dermatitis has occurred as a result of handing uranium hexafluoride. Uranium hexafluoride reacts vigorously with water to form hydrofluoric acid and uranyl fluoride. Its reaction with water is as follows: UF Uranium hexafluoride will attack some ...
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, 2000
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Nuclear nonproliferation implications of the U.S. purchase ...
In addition, according to a uranium conversion industry official, the natural uranium that USEC has sold, which has been in the form of uranium hexafluoride , has supplanted the conversion of uranium oxide to uranium hexafluoride at ...
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United States Code, 2000 Edition, V. 22, Title 42, The ...
Uranium transfers and sales (a) Transfers and sales by Secretary The Secretary shall not provide enrichment services or transfer or sell any uranium (including natural uranium concentrates, natural uranium hexafluoride, or enriched uranium  ...
House, Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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Nuclear Regulatory Legislation, 109th Congress, 2nd Session
The quantity of such uranium hexafluoride delivered to the Russian Executive Agent shall be based on a tails assay of 0.30 U235. Title to uranium hexafluoride delivered to the Russian Executive Agent pursuant to this paragraph shall transfer ...
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the General Counsel, 2006
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Nuclear Regulatory Legislation
42 USC 2297h-l0. (a) Transfers and Sales by the Secretary -The Secretary shall not provide enrichment services or transfer or sell any uranium (including natural uranium concentrates, natural uranium hexafluoride, or enriched uranium in any  ...
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND RADIOCHEMISTRY
with dry oxygen can be expressed as It = 8.31 X 106 exp (~45,900/RT), where k has the units of moles per minute per square meter. As usually prepared, uranium hexafluoride may be contaminated with other volatile fluorides, and hydrogen ...
‎1960
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Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates of the 105th ...
10032 [20MY] ensure that U.S. Enrichment Corp. funding for disposition of depleted uranium hexafluoride be used to treat and recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride (see S. 2316), 15573 [15JY] (see H.R. 4215). 15328 [14JY] (see H.R. 4234).
Congress

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term uranium hexafluoride is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nuclear Experts: Iran Failed to Properly Convert its Uranium
The process by which Iran reduced its stock of low enriched uranium prior to the ... Moreover, its difficulty of conversion back to uranium hexafluoride has been ... «TheTower.org, Jul 15»
2
Goodbye K-31: Old uranium facility gone for good
Those plants processed uranium hexafluoride in a gaseous form and concentrated the uranium's fissionable U-235 isotope for use in nuclear weapons and ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jun 15»
3
Iranian president says nuclear deal with the west is getting closer
Other measures would be agreed upon to reassure the west that Iran could not make a warhead quickly, such as reducing its stockpile of uranium hexafluoride ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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The Trouble With That Noxious Haze At The Illinois Nuclear-Fuel Plant
The main threat from uranium hexafluoride, the gas that leaked at a Honeywell plant in Metropolis IL on Sunday night, does not derive from its radioactivity, but ... «Forbes, Oct 14»
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US nuclear regulators probing leak at Honeywell uranium plant
Oct 28 U.S. nuclear regulators are investigating a leak of uranium hexafluoride that occurred on Sunday at an Illinois plant operated by Honeywell International ... «Reuters, Oct 14»
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Siberian nuclear installation to conduct new uranium experiments …
TOMSK, Russia – Earlier this month, the closed nuclear city of Seversk near Tomsk conducted public hearings on building a new uranium hexafluoride plant, ... «Bellona, Sep 14»
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Iran says it opened uranium-conversion plant
The report by IRNA quoted Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's nuclear agency, saying that the plant will convert uranium hexafluoride, which can be used to ... «The Times of Israel, Aug 14»
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Iran eliminates 20% enriched uranium inventory
An International Atomic Energy Agency report confirms that Iran has converted its inventory of 20% enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6) into forms that are less ... «World Nuclear News, Jul 14»
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Rouhani says 'We will not accept scientific or nuclear apartheid'
They were not even ready to hand over the [uranium hexafluoride], which belonged to us.” Larijani said at an open session of parliament on May 12, “The red ... «Al-Monitor, May 14»
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Halifax radiation scare container was improperly secured
The commission has said there were no spills or radiation leakage when the cylinders containing granular uranium hexafluoride fell. Regimbald, who gave a ... «CBC.ca, Mar 14»

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