Uranyl sulfate
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| Properties | |||
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| UO2SO4 | |||
| Molar mass | 366.09 g/mol | ||
| Density | 3,28 g/cm3 @ 20 °C | ||
| 27,5 g/100 mL in water at 25 °C | |||
| Related compounds | |||
| Other anions |
Uranyl chloride Uranyl nitrate Uranyl carbonate | ||
| Related compounds |
Uranium dioxide | ||
| Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa) | |||
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Uranyl sulfate (UO2SO4), a sulfate of uranium, is 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.[1]
Radioactivity was discovered using potassium uranyl sulfate, K2UO2(SO4)2.
See also
References
- ↑ "Metallurgy". MQes Uranium Inc. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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