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Is splitting uranium in a power plant a physical nuclear or chemical change?
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∙ 13y ago
It is a nuclear change because there is a change in the nuclear structure of Uranium.
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Is splitting Uranium in a power plant a nuclear change?
Yes
Nuclear energy could come from?
from the splitting of uranium atoms
Nuclear fuel produces energy by splitting?
Uranium atoms!
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.
Energy from nuclear fission would be released in the splitting of the nucleus of which element?
Usually, uranium, specifically, uranium-235.
What is the power produced by splitting uranium atoms to release their energy called?
The nuclear energy
Does uranium producing heat to make steam show the conversion of chemical energy to heat energy?
No; the energy used from uranium is usually nuclearenergy, not chemical energy.No; the energy used from uranium is usually nuclear energy, not chemical energy.No; the energy used from uranium is usually nuclear energy, not chemical energy.No; the energy used from uranium is usually nuclear energy, not chemical energy.
Is uranium a physical or chemical property?
What is the question exactly? If it is about Uranium having physical and/or chemical properties, the answer is that it has both. Every single element and compound in this universe has both physical and chemical properties.
Is uranium 235 and a neutron producting barium 141 an example of nuclear fusion?
No. it is an example of nuclear fission (splitting of nucleus).
Can a nuclear power plant burn uranium?
A nuclear power plant does use uranium as fuel It "burns" it in the nuclear sense not the chemical sense
What is cost of uranium?
Depending very much on the chemical or physical form, purity, enrichment, etc.For nuclear grade powder of natural uranium dioxide: ca. 100 $/kg.
Is uranium a physical or chemical?
What is the question exactly? If it is about Uranium having physical and/or chemical properties, the answer is that it has both. Every single element and compound in this universe has both physical and chemical properties.
