1. pits

1. a sassy cologne for the manly man; let her know how base you can be
2. the depth of despair felt by bomb makers in the post Cold War period
3. a hollow sphere of plutonium-239 or uranium-235 metal. It is the trigger of nuclear weapons, or the first part of a nuclear explosion in the primary stage of a nuclear weapon.

1. having a phobia of spontaneously catching on fire
2. an obscure eighteenth century term that referred to pirates who had successfully found treasure. It eventually was used by royalty to express a feeling of euphoria (as in "totally pyrophoric, Duke")
3. the ability to ignite spontaneously in air. Several metals used in the nuclear fuel cycle, including liquid sodium, plutonium, and uranium, are pyrophoric to varying degrees. The latter two metals have an increasing likelihood to spontaneously ignite with rising temperatures or decreasing particle size. However, they are not pyrophoric at room temperature.

1. an especially cruel form of medieval torture involving the force feeding of vitamin supplements
2. the transformation of a sincere and sweet child into a vitriolic teenager
3. to convert into glass. In the nuclear arena, vitrification refers to the glassification of radioactive waste, mixed waste, or materials such as plutonium.

1. the manner in which humans retain long-term memory of television commercials
2. the rate at which various billboard materials succumb to the ravages of birds
3. the assimilation of particles by the surface of a liquid or solid. Adsorption is different from absorption, which involves taking particles in through pores, or soaking up.

1. the process by which listening to the radio turns you into a couch potato
2. a special hair treatment for bald people
3. the change in chemical form of a substance caused by the action of radiation.

 

 

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