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Is uranium used in the petroleum industry?
Uranium is not used in the petroleum industry.
What is the same and different between uranium and petroleum?
Uranium is a radioactive metal. Petroleum is a complex mixture of organic compounds. Petroleum is a fossil fuel. All is different between uranium and petroleum. But uranium nuclear fission and petroleum burning release valuable energy.
What is the differences between petroleum and uranium?
Petroleum is a fossil fuel, containing many organic compounds; burning of petroleum release thermal energy. Uranium is a radioactive metal; fission of uranium release a great quantity of nuclear energy.
How are uranium and petroleum different?
Petroleum and uranium can be used as fuels.
What is coal uranium and petroleum?
These are all fuels
What is the difference between uranium and petroluem?
Uranium ia a natural metal, a radioactive chemical element. Uranium is used as a nuclear fuel. Petroleum is a complex of organic compounds. Petroleum is a fossil fuel.
What are coal iron uranium petroleum?
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Why is uranium a nonrenewable resource but not a fossil fuel?
1. Uranium is "burned" in a nuclear power reactor and slowly consumed. 2. Petroleum and methane are of organic origin; uranium not.
What are the natural resourses of italy?
The natural resources are zinc, silver, trees, uranium, and petroleum.
How much energy does one pound of uranium produce compare to petroleum?
1 pound of uranium 235 is approx. similar to 106 pounds of petrol.
What are the differences of uranium and petroleum?
Uranium: chemical element, metal, radioactive, unstable, can release under fission with thermal neutrons an enormous energy. Petroleum (oil): fossil fuel, source of carbon dioxide and greenhouse effect, reserves are near exhaustion, it is desirable to use petroleum in petrochemistry, not as fuel for heating or automobiles.
Is natrual gas renewable?
Natrual gas, petroleum, and uranium are not renewable. However, solar energy is.
