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Pitchblende   /pˈɪtʃblˌɛnd/   Listen
Pitchblende

noun
1.
A mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore.  Synonym: uraninite.






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"Pitchblende" Quotes from Famous Books



... answered Hooker. "He could either disintegrate such huge quantities of matter that the mass of the earth would be shifted and its polar axis be changed, or if radioactive substances—pitchblende, for example—lay exposed upon the earth's surface he could cause them to discharge their helium and other products at such an enormous velocity that the recoil or reaction would accelerate or retard the motion of the globe. It would be quite feasible, ...
— The Man Who Rocked the Earth • Arthur Train

... submarine, bringing three of Nazi Germany's smartest scientists with him. He brought plans showing us he could split the atom. He brought working models." The creep laughs mockingly. "We have certain elements down here also. Puranium, better than your uranium. And pitchblende Plus Nine. It will power our fleet of submarines that will conquer Earth. It is nearly der tag! We will leave through the underground river that our benefactor found three miles below the surface of the ocean near Brazil. It spirals down through this earth and ...
— Operation Earthworm • Joe Archibald



Words linked to "Pitchblende" :   uranium, uranium ore, u, atomic number 92, uraninite



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