uranium


 * Element Name:** Uranium
 * Element Symbol:** U
 * Atomic Number:** 92
 * Most Common Mass Number:** 238
 * Physical State At Room Temperature:** Solid
 * Meaning Of Uranium:** It's named after the planet Uranus
 * Uses Of Uranium:** Uranium is most commonly used in the nuclear power industry. It's plays a big role in how to generate electricity.
 * Importance Of Uranium:** Uranium is of great importance as a nuclear fuel. It's used to keep balance in gyro compasses and it helps weigh down planes. Also it can be used with other materials to create explosives.
 * Who Discovered Uranium:** A German chemist named Martin Heinrich Klaproth then discovered further by Eugène-Melchoir Péligot, a French chemist.
 * How Uranium Was Discovered:** Klaproth found uranium in a mixture of oxides but it was a uranium dioxide not pure uranium. Later on Peligot isolated a pure version of Uranium by heating the Uranium dioxide with potassium and that's how Uranium was found.
 * Physical Properties:** Uranium has silver color and is very shiny. It's ductile which means it can be made into thin wires and it's malleable which means it can be made into thin sheets. It's melting point is 1135°C and its boiling point is 4131°C.
 * Chemical Properties:** It's a very reactive element. It reacts with such elements as sulfur, oxygen, and bromine. It dissolves in acids and reacts to water. When it forms compounds they tend to be a yellowish greenish color.
 * Common Compounds:** The commom compounds of Uranium are  U3O8   and   UO2
 * Common Ions:** U3+, U4+
 * Isotopes:** Uranium has three isotopes. It has Uranium-234, Uranium-235, and Uranium-238. They're all radioactive isotopes but only Uranium-235 can be used in Nuclear Power. Uraniums most commom isotope, Uranium-238, can be converted into plutonium.

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 * Sources: http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/T-Z/Uranium.html