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Revision as of 11:35, 29 March 2015
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Uranium oxide is an oxide of the element uranium.
The metal uranium forms several oxides:
- Uranium dioxide or uranium(IV) oxide (UO2, the mineral uraninite or pitchblende)
- Uranium trioxide or uranium(VI) oxide (UO3)
- Triuranium octoxide (U3O8, the most stable uranium oxide; yellowcake typically contains 70 to 90 percent triuranium octoxide)
- Uranyl peroxide (UO2O2 or UO4)
Uranium dioxide is oxidized in contact with oxygen to form triuranium octoxide.
- 3 UO2 + O2 → U3O8; at 700 °C (970 K)
Preparation 38
During World War II, "Preparation 38" was the codename for uranium oxide used by German scientists.[1] [2]
References
- ^ 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.
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