plutonium

plytɔnjɔm

Definition

Definition of plutonium - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

nucléaire

TECH.

élément chimique radioactif de numéro atomique 94, symbole Pu

TECH.

Le plutonium est utilisé dans les armes nucléaires.

chimie

TECH.

atome ou noyau de cet élément

TECH.

Chaque plutonium possède 94 protons dans son noyau.

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Origin of plutonium

latin, Pluton (dieu des enfers) + suffixe -ium (élément)

Terms with plutonium included in their meaning

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combustible MOX

énergie nucléaire

combustible nucléaire fait d'un mélange d'oxydes de plutonium et d'uranium

mélange primaire

combustible nucléaire

poudres d'oxydes d'uranium et plutonium pour fabriquer du combustible nucléaire

plutonigène

adj.

réacteur nucléaire

qui produit du plutonium par réaction nucléaire

plutonique

adj.

chimie

qui contient du plutonium avec une valence de quatre

PUREX

acr.

acr: Plutonium and Uranium Refining by EXtraction

procédé pour séparer uranium et plutonium

transplutonien

adj.

chimie

dont le nombre atomique dépasse celui du plutonium

Examples of plutonium in a sentence

Ils étudient les effets du plutonium sur la santé.
Le plutonium est utilisé dans certains réacteurs nucléaires.
On étudie le plutonium pour ses propriétés radioactives.

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English:plutonium, plutonium atom, ...
German:Plutonium, Plutoniumatom, ...
Italian:plutonio, ...
Spanish:plutonio, ...
Portuguese:plutónio, ...
Chinese:钚, 钚原子, ...
Japanese:プルトニウム, プルトニウム原子, ...
Arabic:بلوتونيوم, ذرة البلوتونيوم, ...
Hebrew:פְּלוּטוֹנְיוּם, ...
Russian:плутоний, ...
Ukrainian:плутоній, ...
Catalan:plutoni, ...
Danish:plutonium, plutoniumatom, ...
Dutch:plutonium, ...
Greek:πλουτώνιο, ...
Khmer:ប្លុយតូនីញ៉ូម, អាតូម ឬ ស្នូលអាតូម របស់ ធាតុ ប្លុយតូនីញ៉ូម, ...
Korean:플루토늄, ...
Polish:pluton, ...
Portuguese (BR):plutônio, ...
Romanian:plutoniu, ...
Swedish:plutonium, plutoniumatom, ...
Thai:พลูโทเนียม, ...
Turkish:plütonyum, ...
Vietnamese:plutonium, nguyên tử plutoni, ...

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Definition of plutonium - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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