uranium nitride

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Noun

uranium nitride (plural uranium nitrides)

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

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