uranium appauvri

Terminological databases

ID 708980 Last modified 30.12.2004

Domain applied nuclear scienceradioactive materials

vaesestatud uraan

depleted uranium

uranium appauvri

abgereichertes Uran

köyhdytetty uraani

uranium having less than the natural content of the easily fissionable uranium 235, e.g. the residue from an enrichment plant or some reactors
natural uranium from which most of the uranium-235 has been removed. It can be used as a heavy metal in ballistic missiles and as a fertile material in a fast-breeder reactor.

vaesestatud uraan

depleted uranium

Usage examples

Depleted uranium consists of little else but the heavier isotope (superscript 238)U, and it has certain specialized applications such as for calorimetry in high-energy particle physics and for making armour-piercing shells. Use: Balance weights for aircraft, high-speed rotors in gyro-compasses, gamma-radiation shielding, radio-isotope transportation casks, and fuel element transfer casks, in general as structural material applicable to radiation shielding.

uranium appauvri

abgereichertes Uran

köyhdytetty uraani

ID 528432 Last modified 17.12.2020

Domain Weapons and Weapon Systems -> Nuclear Weapons

vaesustatud uraan preferred

depleted uranium preferred

uranium appauvri preferred

Good to know

Sõjanduses kasutatakse seda suure tiheduse tõttu eelkõige soomustõrjemürskudes, soomustusena jm tööstuslikel otstarvetel.

Good to know

The high density of this material has resulted in military employment principally for armour piercing shells and as armour; it also has industrial applications.

vaesustatud uraan preferred

depleted uranium preferred

uranium appauvri preferred