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  • Maha Thray Sithu U Thant (January 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations ...
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  • The U–2 Affair of 1960 occurred when an American U–2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. The U.S. denied the true purpose of ...
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  • Bahá'u'lláh (Persian بهاء الله : meaning "Glory of God") (November 12, 1817 - May 29, 1892), was the founder of ...
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  • Choe Je-u (崔濟愚) (1824 - 1864) emerged as the founder of an indigenous Korean religion, one that had enormous impact on the unfolding of ...
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  • Neptunium (chemical symbol Np, atomic number 93) is a silvery radioactive metallic element, belonging to the actinide series. It is the first ...
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  • decay series of the uranium isotopes U-238 and U-235 respectively. Small amounts of helium are also present in uraninite as a result of alpha ...
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  • Thorium (chemical symbol Th, atomic number 90) is a naturally occurring, slightly radioactive metal and is a member of the actinide series. It ...
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  • the gaseous diffusion separation of U-235. In 1941, American Physicist ... and determined it to be fissionable, like U-235. (Lawrence controversially ...
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  • Fuel is any material that is burned or altered to obtain energy. Fuel releases its energy either through chemical means, such as combustion, ...
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  • Chadwick and his group generally supported a U-235 bomb, and approved of its separation by diffusion from its more plentiful U-238 isotope. ...
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  • The U–2 Affair of 1960 occurred when an American U–2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. The U.S. denied the true purpose of ...
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  • The atomic mass (ma) is the mass of a single atom, when the atom is at rest at its lowest energy level (or "ground state"). Given that ...
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  • *U-235 + neutron -> fission fragments + 2.52 neutrons + 180 MeV. *Pu-239 + neutron -> fission fragments + 2.95 neutrons + 200 MeV. ...
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  • due to the lower probability of fissioning U-235, and a higher probability ... as compared to traditionally used U-235, including better neutron ...
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  • Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of the actinide series of chemical elements. It is a toxic, highly radioactive ...
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  • The Burmese Buddhist Temple (also known as Maha Sasana Ramsi; s= 缅甸玉佛寺|p=Miǎndiàn yùfósì ) located on Tai Gin Road in Novena ...
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  • Uranium (chemical symbol U, atomic number 92) is a silvery metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table. The heaviest ...
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  • The Danegeld ("Dane gold") was an English tribute raised to pay off Viking raiders to save the land from being ravaged. The expeditions ...
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  • A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space in a regular pattern, often involving the transfer of energy. When thinking about waves ...
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  • Maha Thray Sithu U Thant (January 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations ...
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  • for use in an explosive device. Since U-235 is only 0.7 percent of raw ... This method eventually produced most of the U-235, although it was also important ...
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  • In thermodynamics and molecular chemistry, the enthalpy or heat content (denoted as H, h, or rarely as χ) is a quotient or description of thermodynamic ...
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  • An antiproton (symbol Antiproton , pronounced p-bar) is the antiparticle of the proton. An antiproton is relatively stable, but it is typically ...
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  • The speed of an object is the rate of motion of the object, or the rate at which the object changes its position. It is usually expressed as ...
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