oralloy

English

Etymology

Blend of Oak Ridge +‎ alloy

Noun

oralloy (uncountable)

1. (nuclear physics, historical) Highly-enriched uranium.

Usage notes

• Used as a codename in the Manhattan Project.

Coordinate terms

• depletalloy
• tuballoy

See also

• oralloy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• autunite
• coffinite
• torbernite
• green salt
• hex
• pitchblende
• yellowcake