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How to pronounce uranium in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms atomic number 92, u
Type of metal, metallic element
Has types uranium 235, uranium 238

Examples of uranium

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Industrial exports include gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, and electricity.
From the edition.cnn.com
The water contained lead and radioactive elements including uranium and thorium.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Right now all that uranium follows the phosphate and ends up in the food supply.
From the guardian.co.uk
A good substitute for lead is a denser, harder material called depleted uranium.
From the washingtontimes.com
Two days after that, Iran announced plans for 10 more uranium enrichment plants.
From the newsweek.com
Uranium International is presently reviewing other potential uranium properties.
From the foxbusiness.com
Iran is also facing demands by major world powers to suspend uranium enrichment.
From the voanews.com
The primary fuels used by Progress to generate electricity are coal and uranium.
From the newsobserver.com
An IAEA report in June said Tehran is using 5,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium.
From the voanews.com
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  • A heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons
  • Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. ...
  • Uranium is an American television program about heavy metal which aired on Fuse TV (MMUSA when the program debuted) in the early 2000s. ...
  • The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U
  • The basic material for nuclear technology. It is a slightly radioactive naturally occurring heavy metal that is more dense than lead. Uranium is 40 times more common than silver.
  • A mildly radioactive element with two isotopes which are fissile (U-235 and U-233) and two which are fertile (U-238 and U-234). Uranium is the basic fuel of nuclear energy.
  • A heavy, naturally-occurring, radioactive element.
  • Naturally occurring radioactive chemical element found in the earths crust. Used as fuel at nuclear power plants. See enriched uranium.
  • A radioactive element with the atomic number 92 and, as found in natural ores, an atomic weight of approximately 238. The two principal natural isotopes are uranium-235 (which comprises 0.7 percent of natural uranium), which is fissile, and uranium-238 (99. ...