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Energy obtained by breaking up 1 kg of uranium is equal to the energy obtained from burning threee million kg of coal?
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7 g of 235U is equivalent to approx. 20 t coal. For 1 kg of 235U - approx. 3 000 t coal.
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Is nuclear burned?
Nuclear energy as obtained in nuclear reactor power plants comes from the fission or splitting of the nuclei of uranium and plutonium. It is not a chemical burning process and does not need any other elements to make it happen.
Is nuclear power same as uranium?
Uranium (as metal, dioxide, carbide, etc.) is the nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors; plutonium is obtained also from uranium 238 and thorium 232 generate uranium 233.
What is the half life uranium-235?
700 million years
Can uranium be prepared in laboratory?
Yes, although you'll need special equipment depending on what you'd like to prepare the uranium for. - in a nuclear physics laboratory artificial uranium isotopes can be obtained - if you think to the preparation of uranium (as a metal) from other compounds this is very possible but not in a simple laboratory - uranium has 3 natural isotopes
Is uranium non flammable?
Uranium is toxic and radioactive; also uranium is pyrophoric in powdered form or in high speed projectiles on impact.
Are uranium and plutonium easily obtained?
Uranium is not easily obtained; and the technology of plutonium is extremely difficult.
What is uranium's shape?
Being a metal uranium can be obtained in any shape desired.
Who discovered uranium and what was the date?
Martin Heinrich Klaproth obtained the oxide of uranium - U3O8 in 1789; but the pure element was obtained in 1841 by Eugene-Melchior Peligot.
How much coal has to be burned to equal the potential energy obtained by breaking one pellet of uranium?
Depends on the size of your pellet. 1 kg of Uranium235 is equivalent to 1500 tonnes of coal.
How do you make uranium on alchemy classic?
Uranium as a pure metallic element was obtained after the alchemic period; alchemists don't know uranium.
How is polonium obtained?
The first time polonium was obtained by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, separating polonium from uranium ores. Now polonium is obtained by nuclear reactions.
What was polonium obtained from?
In the past polonium was obtained from the residues of uranium ores, after extraction of uranium.Now polonium is obtained only by nuclear reactions.
Where can yellowcake uranium be obtained by a private individual?
Legally impossible.
Which is the only state of India from where uranium is obtained?
This state is Jharkhand.
What is the word obtained after unscrambling the word iarmuun?
The anagram is "uranium."
What element is obtained through the decay of radium?
Uranium dudes
What year was uranium found in?
Uranium was discovered But as mineral) in 1789 by Klaproth.In 1841 Peligot obtained the pure metal.
