Nuclear reactors and weapons.
Yes, But also it can be used in many other things.
Uranium is a hard, dense, malleable, ductile, silver-white, radioactive metal of the , a series of radioactive metallic elements in Group 3 of the Periodic Table . Members of the series are often called actinides, although actinium is not always considered a member of the series.
a nuclear fuel
conversion into plutonium in "breeder" reactors
used in nuclear fuels to generate electrical power
synthesis of isotopes
nuclear explosive
X-ray targets for production of high-energy X-rays
the nitrate has been used as photographic toner
acetate is used in analytical chemistry
Another applications of uranium:
- material for armors and projectiles
- catalyst
- additive for glass and ceramics (to obtain beautiful green colors)
- mordant for textiles
- shielding material (depleted uranium)
- ballast
- and other minor applications
Uranium is used mostly in nuclear bombs and reactors.
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
- armors
- ballast
- projectiles
- radiation shields
- fuel (fissile or fertile) in some types of nuclear reactors
- civilian applications in chemistry, ceramics, glassware, etc.
The isotope uranium-235 is fissionable with thermal neutrons. It is very important:
- for nuclear power reactors where uranium is the fuel
- for nuclear weapons where uranium is the explosive
you can blow stuff up with it and create Frankenstein with it.
235U has not applications in Biology. Some uranium salts (uranyl acetate or formiate) are frequently used in electron microscopy.
Uranium-235 is used as nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors and in atomic bombs.
It is mainly used in atomic reactors or to produce the fission atomic bomb.
Uranium-238 has 146 neutrons.
Uranium-238 and uranium-234 are not "elements", but they are natural isotopes of the chemical element uranium. The atoms are neutral.
Uranium-238 is a natural isotope of uranium with the mass 238,050 788 247 ± 0,000 002 044 u.a.
Uranium-235 has 143 neutrons and uranium-238 has 146 neutrons. And of course the atomic masses are different.
Uranium 238 has 92 protons and 146 neutrons.
Uranium 238 is transformed in thorium 234 by alpha decay.
Uranium is a member of the actinoids family elements. Uranium-238 is a natural isotope of uranium.
Isotopes Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are only natural isotopes of the element uranium.
Uranium-238 has 146 neutrons.
Uranium 238 has 146 neutrons.
Uranium-238 and uranium-234 are not "elements", but they are natural isotopes of the chemical element uranium. The atoms are neutral.
Uranium-235 has 143 neutrons, uranium-238 has146 neutrons.
Uranium-235 has 143 neutrons and uranium-238 has 146 neutrons.
Uranium-235 and uranium-238 are different isotopes of the element uranium. They have different mass numbers due to different numbers of neutrons.
Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are especially alpha particles emitters. They are natural radioactive isotopes.
Uranium-238 is fissionable only by bombardment with fast neutrons.
Examples for an uranium isotope:22892U, U-238, uranium-238.