Uranium oxide
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Uranium oxideis anoxideof the elementuranium.
The metal uranium forms several oxides:
- Uranium dioxideor uranium(IV) oxide (UO2,the mineraluraniniteor pitchblende)
- Diuranium pentoxideor uranium(V) oxide (U2O5)
- Uranium trioxideor uranium(VI) oxide (UO3)
- Triuranium octoxide(U3O8), the most stable uranium oxide;yellowcaketypically contains 70 to 90 percent triuranium octoxide)
- Uranyl peroxide(UO2O2or UO4)
- Amorphous uranium(VI) oxide(Am-U2O7)
Uranium dioxide isoxidizedin contact withoxygento form triuranium octoxide.
- 3 UO2+ O2→ U3O8;at 700 °C (970 K)
Preparation 38[edit]
During World War II, "Preparation 38" was the codename for uranium oxide used by German scientists.[1][2][3]
References[edit]
- ^Per F. Dahl,Heavy water and the wartime race for nuclear energy(Institute of Physics Publishing, London 1999), p. 135
- ^Uranium Oxide International Bio-Analytical Industries, Inc.ArchivedJanuary 18, 2013, at theWayback Machine
- ^Geoffrey Brooks (1992).Hitler's Nuclear Weapons.Pen and Sword. p. 40.ISBN9780850523447.
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