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: a divalent radical UO2

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First, amidoxime groups chelate uranyl ions and initiate nucleation. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025 The same process can be used simultaneously to extract uranium from seawater or treat uranyl containing nuclear wastewater, the researchers said. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023 The questions—which Cui and his co-authors, including Stephen Chu, fresh from a stint running the Department of Energy aim to answer—are threefold: How much uranyl sticks to the fibers? David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin uranium + International Scientific Vocabulary -yl

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uranyl was in 1850

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“Uranyl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uranyl. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.

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