Uranium
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julisssaalmora
Last updated 5 years ago
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Chemical Elements
Uranium!!!!!!!!!!!!
1896 Henri Becquerel discovered it had radioactive properties.
Military uses uranium when making speacial weapons.
Even though uranium is weak in radioactive it is also a toxic meatal. Having it exposed too much can effect your body in negative ways .
Uranium is very hard,malleable,ductile very poor cunducter.
The first atomic bomb used in Japan in WWII had a uranium core.
A small portion (like one kilo )can make up to 20 terajoules of energy
What really Martin discovered was not pure uranium, it was actually uranium dioxide(UO2). 2
The person that discovered was Martin Hienrich Klaproth. Ueranium was found in Berlin,Germany. 1
After another chemist saw that the pure uranium reacted weirdly with uranium tetrachloride Eugene Melchoir Peligot isolated pure U(uranium ) by heating uranium dioxide potassium in a platium cruible. 3
atomic #:92atomic weight:238.0melting point:1408 Kboiling point:4404 K density:18.95 per centiphase at room temp:soidelement classification:metalperiod #:7group name:actnide radioactive4
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