low-background steel (English, noun)
expansion: low-background steel (countable and uncountable, plural low-background steels)
Senses:
glosses: Steel with low inherent radiation levels, suitable for instruments and experiments highly sensitive to radiation.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Steel created before 1945, and not contaminated by radioisotopes originating from nuclear bomb tests and explosions, and other nuclear technology radioactivity releases.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see low-background, steel.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: low-background steels
tags: plural