depleted uranium

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depleted uranium

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uncountable Uranium that contains a reduced (depleted) amount of the fissile isotope U-235 compared to natural uranium; it is a byproduct of uranium enrichment; it is used in applications where the nuclear properties of the uranium are not important, and the uranium is instead being used for its mechanical or chemical properties (for example, its high density).
Similar: depletalloy · Opposite: enriched uranium, LEU, low-enriched uranium, HALEU, w:high-assay low-enriched uranium, SEU, slightly enriched uranium, HEU, highly enriched uranium

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noun uranium that contains reduced U-235

日本語	劣化ウラン rekka uran
中文	貧化鈾 /贫化铀 pínhuàyóu, 貧鈾 /贫铀 pínyóu
Français	uranium appauvri
Deutsch	abgereichertes Uran
Italiano	uranio impoverito
Русский	обеднённый ура́н obednjónnyj urán
العربية	يُورَانِيُوم مُنْضَب yūrāniyūm munḍab, يُورَانِيُوم مُسْتَنْفَد yūrāniyūm mustanfad

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@misc{depleted_uranium_2026,
  title = {depleted uranium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/depleted%20uranium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}