Isotopes Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are only natural isotopes of the element uranium.
Uranium-235 is not added to natural uranium, it is extracted from natural uranium by a process called enrichment.
Uranium 235 is a fissile material under thermal neutrons: - uranium 235 is used as a nuclear fuel in nuclear energetic reactors - uranium 235 can be used in nuclear bombs
Uranium and Plutonium
No, Uranium-235 and uranium-238 are radioactive, natural isotopes (not molecules, but atoms) of the one and the same element: uranium.Both with 92 protons and 235-92 = 143 neutrons in U-235 but 146 neutrons in U-238.
Uranium-235 is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium.
Approx. 0,7 % uranium 235 in natural uranium.
Isotopes Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are only natural isotopes of the element uranium.
Uranium-235 is not added to natural uranium, it is extracted from natural uranium by a process called enrichment.
Uranium 235 is a fissile material under thermal neutrons: - uranium 235 is used as a nuclear fuel in nuclear energetic reactors - uranium 235 can be used in nuclear bombs
Uranium and Plutonium
Uranium 235 (and also all the isotopes of uranium) has 92 electrons.
No, Uranium-235 and uranium-238 are radioactive, natural isotopes (not molecules, but atoms) of the one and the same element: uranium.Both with 92 protons and 235-92 = 143 neutrons in U-235 but 146 neutrons in U-238.
Neutron moderation
Uranium is a chemical element with three natural isotopes (234, 235, 238). The natural uranium has cca. 0,72 % uranium-235; uranium with a concentration of uranium-235 under 0,72 % is called depleted uranium; uranium with a concentration of uranium -235 above 0,72 % is called enriched uranium. Uranium in nuclear power and research reactors is used as metal, aloys, uranium dioxide, uranium carbides, uranium silicides, etc.
Depleted uranium is uranium with a content of the isotope uranium-235 under 0.7 %. Natural uranium has been processed to change (increase) the concentrations of lighter isotopes, and the "leftovers" are termed depleted uranium. Let's look at this heavy metal and sort things out. Without splitting hairs, the element uranium as it comes out of the ground is almost 99.27% U-238, and about 0.73% U-235. There's also a trace of U-234 in it. The isotope U-235 is the desired one for use in nuclear fuels and in nuclear weapons. Uranium is processed or "enriched" to increase the amount of the lighter isotope in the the finished product. This leaves the rest of the uranium "depleted" of some (or much) of its U-235 (and U-234, for what it's worth). The term depleted uranium is then applied to the remaining uranium. A link can be found below to check facts and gather more information.
Uranium 235 is a natural isotope of uranium (the concentration is approx. 0,7 %); uranium 235 is separated from the other uranium isotopes by different methods (centrifugation, gaseous diffusion;also on small scale by laser, mass spectrometric, ion exchange, etc.).