uranium dioxide
noun
A black crystalline solid which occurs naturally in pitchblende (uraninite), used as a nuclear fuel and formerly as a pigment for ceramic glazes and glass.
- Formula: UO2..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Roscoe (1833–1915), chemist and university administrator.
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