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Before this element can be used in a fission reactor, it has to be enriched to increase the level of its 235 isotope |
uranium
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$800 |
DJ |
PHYSICS |
2016-12-27 |
#7432 |
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In 1938 Otto Hahn & Fritz Strassman discovered nuclear fission by splitting atoms of this element |
uranium
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$200 |
J |
PHYSICS |
2005-07-22 |
#4825 |
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Chemical symbol U, this metallic element is used as a fuel in nuclear reactors & weapons |
uranium
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$1,200 |
DJ |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
2004-05-14 |
#4545 |
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This radioactive metal is the heaviest naturally occuring element |
Uranium
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$800 |
DJ |
PHYSICS |
1996-11-20 |
#2813 |
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In 1938 a sample of this element symbolized U was split into smaller barium atoms |
uranium
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$600 |
DJ |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
1994-11-09 |
#2343 |
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In 1896 Antoine Becquerel first noticed radiation from this element |
uranium
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$400 |
DJ |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
1992-05-04 |
#1781 |
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Isotopes of this element are the most commonly used nuclear fuel in reactors |
uranium
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$1,000 |
DJ |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
1990-07-28 |
#7 |
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If present use rate continues, the 235 isotope of this element will become scarce during the 1990s |
uranium
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$200 |
J |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
1989-05-09 |
#1092 |
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Martin Klaproth named this element he discovered in 1789 in honor of a planet found 8 years earlier |
uranium
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$600 |
DJ |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
1989-02-15 |
#1033 |
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Only material occuring in nature that is readily fissionable is an isotope of this |
uranium
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$400 |
J |
NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
1986-11-14 |
#505 |