Who uses uranium and for what purpose?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Scientists use uranium for many reasons.

Uranium

- powers nuclear power plants

- makes electricity

- is used in radioactive dating

- is used in nuclear fission

Applications of uranium:

- nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors

- explosive for nuclear weapons

- material for armors and projectiles

- catalyst

- additive for glass and ceramics (to obtain beautiful green colors)

- toner in Photography

- mordant for textiles

- shielding material (depleted uranium)

- ballast

- and other minor applications

Wiki User

∙ 10y ago

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What are the major uses of health for uranium?

Uranium hasn't uses for health.

What are advantages of uranium in medical?

Uranium hasn't medical uses.

Advantages of mining uranium?

it gets you uranium, if you have uses for uranium. beyond that i am not sure exactly what kind of answer you were looking for. there are several hundred possible uses for uranium, most of them totally non-nuclear.

What is are industrial home uses of uranium?

No home uses of uranium, excepting decorative coloured glass objects.

What is the purpose of uranium oxide?

The uranium dioxide - UO2 - is a very important nuclear fuel.

Which power uses uranium?

Uranium (as dioxide or carbide) is used as fuel for nuclear power reactors.

What kind of energy use uranium?

Nuclear energy sometime uses uranium for its energy source.

What are the medical uses of uranium?

Uranium is not used for medical purposes. It is primarily used in nuclear reactors for power generation and in military applications for its radioactive properties. However, uranium isotopes are sometimes used in radiation therapy for cancer treatment.

What are some examples of isotopes and their corresponding uses?

uranium -just an elemet uranium 235 -element but this is radioactive

What are some other uses uranium?

to lick your mom

What are the uses of uranium in the army?

Spent uranium is used for armor piercing rounds. Enriched uranium is used in the production of plutonium that is used in the cores of nuclear weapons.

What are applications that the military uses depleted uranium for?

Armors and ammunitions

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