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

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