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BookmarkUranium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92.
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Heavy, silvery-white, toxic, metallic, naturally radioactive, pyrophoric, and teratogenic uranium belongs to the actinide series and its isotope 235U is used as the fuel for nuclear reactors and the explosive material for nuclear weapons.
Depleted uranium is used in kinetic energy penetrators and armor plating..
For more information about the topic Uranium, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
Actinide — The actinide series encompasses the 15 chemical elements that lie between actinium and lawrencium on the periodic table with atomic numbers 89 - 103. ... > read more
Lanthanide — The lanthanide series comprises the 15 elements from lanthanum to lutetium on the periodic table, with atomic numbers 57 through 71. All lanthanides ... > read more
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