YELLOWCAKE

Meaning of YELLOWCAKE in English

■ noun impure uranium oxide obtained during processing of uranium ore.

Origin

1950s; so named because it is obtained as a yellow precipitate.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

YELLOWCAKE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a bright yellow compound that consists of uranium oxide U 3 O 8 and is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YELLOWCAKE — /yel"oh kayk'/ , n. a processed oxide of uranium, U 3 O 8 , extracted and concentrated from uranium ore: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YELLOWCAKE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
YELLOWCAKE — noun Yellowcake is used before these nouns: ↑ uranium
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
YELLOWCAKE — Yellowcake is the product of the uranium extraction (milling) process; early production methods resulted in a bright yellow compound, hence …
NRC Nuclear Energy English Glossary
URANIUM OXIDE — Chem. 1. any of the compounds of uranium and oxygen, as UO 2 , UO 3 , U 4 O …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
URANIUM — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ natural ▪ enriched ▪ a tonne of highly enriched ~ ▪ depleted ▪ weapons-grade ▪ yellowcake VERB …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MILL TAILINGS — Naturally radioactive residue from the processing of uranium ore into yellowcake in a mill. Although the milling process recovers about …
NRC Nuclear Energy English Glossary

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