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> and burns Do you mean it is flammable, or that it damages tissue as an acid would? I don't believe either is the case. It's not something in the form of dust
by zabzonk 6y ago
> and burns
Do you mean it is flammable, or that it damages tissue as an acid would? I don't believe either is the case. It's not something in the form of dust you would want to inhale, but clothing and skin would stop anything unenriched uranium would produce.
- meepmorp 6y agoUranium is pyrophoric when finely divided.
- zabzonk 6y agoSo are many metals. But in lump form, few are.
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- NortySpock 6y agoUranium metal and uranium dioxide are listed as pyrophoric when in "fine powder form" "Indeed, according to one author, normally stable UO2 may be pyrophoric or oxidize rapidly even at room temperatures when in very fine powder form (specific surface area >10 sq.m/g). Coarser powders, as is more commonly the case, may require elevated temperatures (>300 C) to oxidize. Cordfunke, E.H.P., The Chemistry of Uranium, Elsevier Publishing Company, 1969. " https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/info-notices/1992/in92014.html https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/info... SDS: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/11/f80/SDS-Uranium_Metal_2020.pdf https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/11/f80/SDS-Uran...
- mikewarot 6y agoYou could make a really stupid fire starter stick out of it, scrape with a knife and toxic sparks are now in the air.