Today's Rocket Words: Your 5 words and meanings to learn
uranium-238
the most common isotope of uranium found in nature, with a relative abundance of 99%
polonium-210
a very rare radioactive isotope; before Marie Curie's discovery of polonium in 1898, uranium and thorium were the only known radioactive elements
iodine
a chemical element with the symbol I and atomic number 53
lead-205
an unstable isotope of lead that decays by emitting radiation
bismuth-209
the isotope of bismuth with the longest known half-life of any radioisotope that undergoes α-decay