A whitish crystalline hygroscopic compound which in the vapour phase is the form in which uranium isotopes are separated by gaseous diffusion or gas centrifugation.
Origin
Late 19th century.
Definition of uranium hexafluoride in US English:
uranium hexafluoride
noun
A whitish crystalline hygroscopic compound which in the vapour phase is the form in which uranium isotopes are separated by gaseous diffusion or gas centrifugation.