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ˈyellowcake
Also yellow cake.
[f. yellow a. + cake n.]
An oxide of uranium (and other elements) obtained as a yellow precipitate in the processing of uranium ores.
1950Mining Congr. Jrnl. Oct. 30/2 Through pH adjustment by regulated additions of sulphuric acid virtually all of the uranium is precipitated as ‘yellowcake’, an artificial carnotite. 1955Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. XIV. 439 If the uranium and vanadium are present in the carbonate leach liquors in the proper stoichiometric ratio, then neutralization by acid leads to the very complete precipitation of sodium uranyl vanadate, the ‘yellow cake’ of Colorado Plateau extractive metallurgy. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 11 June 7/7 A West German..group has undertaken to find a market for 4 million pounds of uranium oxide (yellow cake) annually. 1977Telegraph (Brisbane) 5 Sept. 5/1 Police and 200 anti-uranium demonstrators traded kicks and punches, when a fresh consignment of yellowcake reached the White Bay container terminal today. 1981T. Barling Bikini Red North i. 34 Will anything positive be done to stop the French selling yellowcake or hardware on the open market? |