uranium series
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uranium series
[yə′rā·nē·əm ‚sir·ēz] (nuclear physics)
The series of nuclides resulting from the decay of uranium-238, including isotopes of uranium, thorium, protactinium, radium, radon, pdonium, lead, bismuth, and thallium with mass number 4 n +2, where n is an integer. Also known as uranium decay series; uranium-radium series.
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