Uranyl sulfate

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Uranyl sulfate
Properties
Molecular formula	UO2SO4
Molar mass	366.09 g/mol
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Uranyl sulfate (UO₂SO₄) a sulfate of uranium presents as an odorless lemon-yellow sand-like solid in its pure crystalline form.

It has found use as a negative stain in microscopy and tracer in biology. The Aqueous Homogeneous Reactor experiment, constructed in 1951, circulated a fuel composed of 565 grams of U-235 enriched to 14.7% in the form of uranyl sulfate.

The acid process of milling uranium ores involves precipitating uranyl sulfate from the pregnant leaching solution to produce the semi-refined product referred to as yellowcake.

[edit] See also

• Uranopilite

[edit] References

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• Characterizing and Classifying Uranium Yellow Cakes
• MQes Uranium Metallurgy