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radiosteel

radiosteel noun: steel containing radioactive impurities introduced during the steelmaking process.

Noun

radiosteel (countable and uncountable, plural radiosteels)

  1. Steel containing radioactive impurities introduced during the steelmaking process
    • Niobium 94, a common component of radiosteel, has a half-life of 20,000 years.1980, Frank Kendig, Richard Hutton, Life-Spans, or, How Long Things Last, New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, page 184

Forms of radiosteel

pluralradiosteels

Origin of radiosteel

From radio- + steel.

Questions about radiosteel

What does radiosteel mean?
Radiosteel means steel containing radioactive impurities introduced during the steelmaking process.
What part of speech is radiosteel?
Radiosteel is a noun.
What is the plural of radiosteel?
The plural of radiosteel is radiosteels.

Words near radiosteel in the dictionary

  1. radiosphere
  2. radiospheres
  3. radiosport
  4. radiostation
  5. radiostations
  6. radiosteel
  7. radiosteels
  8. radiostereometric
  9. radiosterilisation
  10. radiosterilization
  11. radiosterilize

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