To a chemist’s eye, uranium has always looked dull. Not anymore.
Natural uranium mostly occurs as an oxide. In water, the oxide readily dissolves in the form of a uranyl ion—a positively charged molecule made of one uranium and two oxygen atoms.
To a chemist’s eye, uranium has always looked dull. Not anymore.
Natural uranium mostly occurs as an oxide. In water, the oxide readily dissolves in the form of a uranyl ion—a positively charged molecule made of one uranium and two oxygen atoms.