uranyl nitrate

(redirected from Uranium nitrate)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

uranyl nitrate - a yellow salt obtained by the reaction of uranium salts with nitric acid

nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

uranyl, uranyl group, uranyl radical - the bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

He added that Syria presented new information about uranium nitrate and

IAEA calls on Syria for greater cooperation

The other audible component of the work was an intermittent blip, accompanied by a tiny flashing light, indicating that a snapshot of a seascape hanging on the adjacent wall remained radioactive, having been developed using uranium nitrate. The picture was no more dangerous than the glow-in-the-dark hands of an alarm clock, but the idea of suffusing a space in unseen frequencies retains an edgy poetic.

"Invisible Geographies: new sound art from Germany"; The Kitchen

Some recovered uranium nitrates are recycled alone to make 100 percent uranium oxide fuel elements.