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has gloss | (noun) a highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and as a reactor fuel; produced by irradiating uranium 238 with slow electrons plutonium 239 |
lexicalization | eng: plutonium 239 |
subclass of | (noun) a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239 Pu, atomic number 94, plutonium |
has subclass | (noun) plutonium 239 that is recovered when nuclear weapons are disassembled; it is stored in plutonium pits weapons plutonium, weapon-grade plutonium |
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