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Meaning of uranyl acetate in English:

uranyl acetate

noun

Chemistry

  • A greenish-yellow crystalline salt used as a stain in electron microscopy and as an analytical reagent and indicator.

    Formula (of the crystalline form): UO₂(CH₃COO)₂·2H₂O.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Roscoe (1833–1915), chemist and university administrator.