Five isotopes occur naturally, four of which are stable. The metal and its alloys are mainly used as a refractory and opacifier; pure zirconium plays...
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Uranium zirconium hydride (UZrH), a combination of uranium hydride and zirconium(II) hydride, is used as the fuel in TRIGA reactors. UZrH fuel is used...
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Plutonium (section Isotopes and nucleosynthesis)
known isotopes of plutonium range in mass number from 228 to 247. The main decay modes of isotopes with mass numbers lower than the most stable isotope, 244Pu...
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Group 4 element (section Zirconium)
metals in the periodic table. It contains the four elements titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), and rutherfordium (Rf). The group is also called the...
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concentrations of fissile isotopes in order to sustain a chain reaction. They are also capable of breeding fissile isotopes from fertile materials; a...
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Praseodymium (section Isotopes)
isotopes lighter than 141Pr is positron emission or electron capture to isotopes of cerium, while that of heavier isotopes is beta decay to isotopes of...
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