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Is U-235 Radioactive?


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  1. A radioactive element that occurs naturally is uranium (chemical symbol: U). Uranium is a silvery-white metal after refinement.
  2. There are three main naturally occurring isotopes of uranium.
  3. One such characteristic of a substance where the emission of powerful subatomic particles occurs spontaneously is radioactivity.
  4. A radioactive isotope of uranium is U-235.

Hence, U-235 is a radioactive uranium isotope.


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