natural uranium are uranium-238 (which has 146 neutrons and accounts for over 99% of uranium on Earth) and uranium-235 (which has 143 neutrons). Uranium has...
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Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been increased through the process of isotope...
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Uranium-238 (238U or U-238) is the most common isotope of uranium found in nature, with a relative abundance of 99%. Unlike uranium-235, it is non-fissile...
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Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy or D-38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235U than natural...
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Uranium-235 (235U or U-235) is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium. Unlike the predominant isotope uranium-238, it is fissile...
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Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before melting for colouration. The proportion usually...
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Uranium (92U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element (radioelement) with no stable isotopes. It has two primordial isotopes, uranium-238 and uranium-235...
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Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. Over 50 thousand tons of uranium were produced in 2019. Kazakhstan, Canada...
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Uranium hydride may refer to the following chemical compounds: Uranium(III) hydride Uranium(IV) hydride Uranium hydride bomb This set index article lists...
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Uranium fluoride can refer to: Uranium trifluoride, UF3 Uranium tetrafluoride, UF4 Uranium pentafluoride, UF5 Uranium hexafluoride, UF6 Tetrauranium heptadecafluoride...
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Uranium–uranium dating is a radiometric dating technique which compares two isotopes of uranium (U) in a sample: uranium-234 (234U) and uranium-238 (238U)...
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Uranium City is a northern settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada. Located on the northern shores of Lake Athabasca near the border of the Northwest Territories...
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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...
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Uranium ore deposits are economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within Earth's crust. Uranium is one of the most common elements in Earth's...
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Uranium-233 (233U or U-233) is a fissile isotope of uranium that is bred from thorium-232 as part of the thorium fuel cycle. Uranium-233 was investigated...
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Natural uranium (NU or Unat) is uranium with the same isotopic ratio as found in nature. It contains 0.711% uranium-235, 99.284% uranium-238, and a trace...
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Uranium hexafluoride, sometimes called hex, is an inorganic compound with the formula UF6. Uranium hexafluoride is a volatile and toxic white solid that...
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Yellowcake (redirect from Uranium diuranate)
is a type of powdered uranium concentrate obtained from leach solutions, in an intermediate step in the processing of uranium ores. It is a step in the...
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The uranium market, like all commodity markets, has a history of volatility, moving with the standard forces of supply and demand as well as geopolitical...
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refer to: Isotopes of uranium Uranium-232 Uranium-233 Uranium-234 Uranium-235 Uranium-236 Uranium-238 Uranium-239 Uranium-240 Uranium (Caria), a town of...
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Uranium-234 (234U or U-234) is an isotope of uranium. In natural uranium and in uranium ore, 234U occurs as an indirect decay product of uranium-238, but...
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Uranium tailings or uranium tails are a radioactive waste byproduct (tailings) of conventional uranium mining and uranium enrichment. They contain the...
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Nuclear program of Iran (redirect from Iranian uranium enrichment program)
has research sites, two uranium mines, a research reactor, and uranium processing facilities that include three known uranium enrichment plants. Commencing...
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Uranium dioxide or uranium(IV) oxide (UO2), also known as urania or uranous oxide, is an oxide of uranium, and is a black, radioactive, crystalline powder...
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Pokémon Uranium is a fan-made video game based on the Pokémon series. The game was in development for nine years, and used the RPG Maker XP engine. The...
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List of countries by uranium reserves Uranium mining by country Uranium mining in France List of uranium projects "World Uranium Mining - World Nuclear...
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Nuclear power (section Uranium resources)
majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants. Nuclear decay processes are used...
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Uranium–lead dating, abbreviated U–Pb dating, is one of the oldest and most refined of the radiometric dating schemes. It can be used to date rocks that...
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Manhattan Project (section Uranium)
used uranium-235. Three methods were employed for uranium enrichment: electromagnetic, gaseous, and thermal. In parallel with the work on uranium was an...
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Uranium trioxide (UO3), also called uranyl oxide, uranium(VI) oxide, and uranic oxide, is the hexavalent oxide of uranium. The solid may be obtained by...
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