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The alpha radiation of uranium and radon (evolved from uranium) can destroy the pulmonary alveoli inducing a lung cancer.
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Breathing in or swallowing a large amount of a uranium compound may be fatal?
Yes, it is possible.
Is Uranium a compound tell its elements?
Uranium is not a compound. It is an element.
Is an Uranium element or compound?
Uranium is an element
Is uranium oxide a metal?
Uranium is a metal, uranium oxide is a compound of uranium and oxygen, UO2
What is the chemical symbol for uranium hexaflouride?
The chemical formula for the compound Uranium Hexaflouride is F6U. The IUPAC name for the compound Uranium Hexafouride is hexafluorouranium.
Does uranium contains more than 90 percent of one compound?
Uranium is a chemical element, not a compound.
How many uranium atoms are present in this compound?
Which compound
Is the process of uranium dangerous?
Processing of uranium can be dangerous only if the safety precautions are not observed or in the case of an unavoidable accident.
Breathing in or swallowing a small amount of uranium compound may be fatal?
This depends on many factors: the quantity inhaled or ingested, cronic contamination or a single contamination, the chemical form of uranium, the physical form of uranium (powder, bulk solid, solution), the enrichment of uranium, the life style and the foods ingested, etc. Please define these aspects for a more correct answer.
What is most lethal actinium or uranium?
Actinium is more dangerous than uranium.
Why is uranium a dangerous element?
Disadvantages of uranium: 1. Uranium is a possible polluting agent of the natural environment. 2. Uranium is a toxic and a radioactive chemical element. 3. Uranium release radium and radon. 4. Radioactive wastes are dangerous and need to be isolated.
Can neon compound with uranium?
No. Neon is chemically inert and generally doesn't react with uranium
