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No. Pitchblende is an ore of Uranium. It's been a long time since plutonium occured in nature.

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How do you find radium?

in ore of pitchblende


What weapon which used the main extraction of pitchblende as fuel?

Pitchblende is uranium ore, so any nuclear weapon which used uranium in some form or other (tamper, core, used with plutonium, secondary casing) would need uranium, which is initially obtained from the mining and refining of pitchblende, for example, Little Boy.


What kind of ore is urananite?

Uraninite, AKA pitchblende, is an ore of uranium.


What is pitchblende or galena?

Pitchblende is a name for uraninite, a radioactive mineral from which uranium ore is extracted. The composition of pitchblende can include uranium oxide (UO2) and triuranium octoxide (U3O8), along with lead oxide and pockets of helium.Pitchblende is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore. It has a chemical composition that is largely UO2, but also contains UO3 and oxides of lead, thorium, and rare earth elements. It is known as pitchblende due to its black color and high density. It is also commonly referred to as Uraninite.


Which mineral is radium obtained?

pitchblende was the first, but any good uranium ore will do as it is a daughter element of uranium's decay.


Name the ore from which uranium is extracted?

Pitchblende, carnotite, uraninite, phosphates, etc.


What does the element radium occur in?

Radium was first discovered in an ore called pitchblende


Does plutonium have an ore?

Plutonium has no ores; plutonium exist naturally in extremely traces in uranium ores.


An important ore of uranium is called?

An important ore of uranium is called Pitchblende.


What is the name of ore in radium?

plutonium's pl


What element is radium found in?

Radium is an element itself. It was isolated by Marie Curie from Pitchblende, an ore of Uranium.


What are 3 metals and tell the name of an ore that contains that metal?

Tin: cassiterite Mercury: cinnabar Uranium: pitchblende