| Uranium | |
|---|---|
| Identification | |
Symbol | U
|
Block | f-Block
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Group | Not assigned
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Period | Period 7
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| Atomic Information | |
Atomic Number | 92
|
Atomic Radius | 156 pm
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Mass | 238.02891
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Category | |
Standard state(298 K) | Solid
|
Electronic Configuration | [Rn] 5f3 6d1 7s2
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Electronegativity (Pauling) | Unknown
|
| Unknown
| |
First ionisation energy | Unknown
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| Physical Properties | |
Color | Silvery-white
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Melting Point | 1405.3 K
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Boiling Point | 4404 K
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Density of solid | Unknown
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| Unknown
| |
| Heat Properties | |
Enthalpy of fusion | Unknown
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Enthalpy of atomisation | Unknown
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Enthalpy of vaporisation | Unknown
|
Uranium is the ninety secondth element in the periodic tabel. It comes under the category of radioactive elements. Uranium has a density of 19.1 g/cm3. Exposure to uranium increases the risk of getting a variety of cancers due to its radioactivity.
Presence of Uranium
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- 70 kg Person : 0.1 mg
- Body : 1.3 e-7 %
- Earth Crust : 0.00018 %
- Earth Ocean : 3.3 e-7 %
- Universe : 2.0 e-8 %
UsesEdit
- Health Uses : Nil
- Adult consumption / day : Nil
- Children consumption / day : Nil
- Natural Form : Pitchblende, uraninite, carnotite, uranophane, and coffinite.
- Other Forms : Nil
- Source Place : Canada, Australia, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa and the USA.
- Common Uses : Used in making color glass, ceramics, shielding to protect tanks, and also in bullets and missiles.
| 1 H | 2 He | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 Li | 4 Be | 5 B | 6 C | 7 N | 8 O | 9 F | 10 Ne | ||||||||||
| 11 Na | 12 Mg | 13 Al | 14 Si | 15 P | 16 S | 17 Cl | 18 Ar | ||||||||||
| 19 K | 20 Ca | 21 Sc | 22 Ti | 23 V | 24 Cr | 25 Mn | 26 Fe | 27 Co | 28 Ni | 29 Cu | 30 Zn | 31 Ga | 32 Ge | 33 As | 34 Se | 35 Br | 36 Kr |
| 37 Rb | 38 Sr | 39 Y | 40 Zr | 41 Nb | 42 Mo | 43 Tc | 44 Ru | 45 Rh | 46 Pd | 47 Ag | 48 Cd | 49 In | 50 Sn | 51 Sb | 52 Te | 53 I | 54 Xe |
| 55 Cs | 56 Ba | * | 72 Hf | 73 Ta | 74 W | 75 Re | 76 Os | 77 Ir | 78 Pt | 79 Au | 80 Hg | 81 Tl | 82 Pb | 83 Bi | 84 Po | 85 At | 86 Rn |
| 87 Fr | 88 Ra | ** | 104 Rf | 105 Db | 106 Sg | 107 Bh | 108 Hs | 109 Mt | 110 Ds | 111 Rg | 112 Cn | 113 Nh | 114 Fl | 115 Mc | 116 Lv | 117 Ts | 118 Og |
| * | 57 La | 58 Ce | 59 Pr | 60 Nd | 61 Pm | 62 Sm | 63 Eu | 64 Gd | 65 Tb | 66 Dy | 67 Ho | 68 Er | 69 Tm | 70 Yb | 71 Lu |
| ** | 89 Ac | 90 Th | 91 Pa | 92 U | 93 Np | 94 Pu | 95 Am | 96 Cm | 97 Bk | 98 Cf | 99 Es | 100 Fm | 101 Md | 102 No | 103 Lr |
