CHEMICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS
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Ac actinium
Am americium
At astatine
Ba barium
Bi bismuth
C centigrade
CaO calcium oxide (also known as lime)
Ci curie
cm centimeter
cm/yr centimeter per year
Cs cesium
dpm disintegrations per minute
DUF4 depleted uranium tetrafluoride
DUF6 depleted uranium hexafluoride
DU/g depleted uranium per gram
Eh redox potential
Fe(II) ferrous iron
Fe(III) ferric iron
Fe2(SO4)3 ferric sulfate
ft feet
Fr francium
g gram
g/cm3 grams per cubic centimeter
H+ hydrogen ion
H2 hydrogen gas
H2O water
H2SO4 sulfuric acid
hr hour
kg kilogram
L liter
m meter
MeV million electron volts
mg milligram
MgF2 magnesium fluoride
mg/kg milligrams per kilogram
mg/m3 milligrams per cubic meter
mg U/L milligram of uranium per liter
mil unit of measure, one-thousandth of an inch
mils/yr one thousandth of an inch per year
mm millimeter
MnO2 manganese dioxide
mR milliroentgen
mrad millirad
mrem millirem
NaI sodium iodide
NH4OH ammonium hydroxide
(NH4)2U2O7 ammonium uranate
O2 oxygen gas
Pa protactinium
Pb lead
pCi picocurie
pCi/g picocuries per gram
pCiDU/gÝ picocurie depleted uranium per gram
pE electron activity (redox level)
pH relative alkalinity of a fluid
Po polonium
ppm parts per million
Pu plutonium
R roentgen
Ra radium
rem roentgen-equivalent-man
Rn radon
Sr strontium
Tc technetium
Th thorium
ThO2 thorium dioxide
Tl thallium
U uranium
U0 elemental uranium
U(IV) uranium with oxidation state 4
U(VI) uranium with oxidation state 6
U3O8 uranium oxide (yellowcake)
UF4 uranium tetrafluoride (green salt)
UF6 uranium hexafluoride
U(O) uranium metal, uranium with zero oxidation state
UO2 uraninite (uranium dioxide)
UO22+ uranyl ion
UO2CO3 uranyl carbonate
UO2 (CO3)22- uranyl dicarbonate
UO2 (CO3)34- uranyl tricarbonate
UO2 (OH)2)!H20 schoepite
UO3 uranyl oxide
USiO4 uranium silicate (coffinite)
234U Uranium 234
235U Uranium 235
238U Uranium 238
wt% weight percentage
w/w weight/weight
yd yard
yr year


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