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uranium series

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. the radioactive series that starts with uranium 238 and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 206.

uranium series

noun

  1. physics a radioactive series that starts with uranium-238 and proceeds by radioactive decay to lead-206
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Like other minerals of the uranium series it shows radio-activity.

There is some ground for thinking that lead is the end product of the Uranium series.

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