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uranium_nitride

uranium nitride

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Noun

uranium nitride (plural uranium nitrides)

  1. (chemistry) an insoluble binary compound or uranium and nitrogen, (UN)n, used as fuel rods in nuclear reactors
  2. (chemistry) the ring compound U8N16, containing alternate azide and nitride groups, soluble in hydrocarbon solvents

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