uranium oxide

noun

, Chemistry.

1. any of the compounds of uranium and oxygen, as UO 2 , UO 3 , U 4 O 9 , or U 3 O 8 .
2. uranium dioxide.
3. uranium trioxide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of uranium oxide¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

What percentage of uranium oxide was contained in the uranic acetate?

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Uranium oxide gives a green glass in the oxidising flame with borax or with sodic metaphosphate.

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This little bottle contains about a pint of uranium oxide; that is to say, about fourteen ounces of the element uranium.

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