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> First, guess what is one of the most abundant element on earth. Uranium. Your source says it's the 48th most abundant element in crustal rocks. Doesn't sound
by BoppreH 4y ago
> First, guess what is one of the most abundant element on earth. Uranium.
Your source says it's the 48th most abundant element in crustal rocks. Doesn't sound that common to me.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoYou don't think 48th out of 94 counts as "one of the most abundant"?
- eftychis 4y agoSorry will clarify with the following Wikipedia citation to paint the difference https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_ore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_ore 40 times more likely to find than silver. 500 more than gold. There is this old 1981 article about how to recover uranium from lignite by the Oak Ridge National Labs https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0304386X81900268 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/030438... P.S. (Because I have been digging and reading on all the issues related to how uranium is distributed on Earth’s crust; if someone else is interested) Also a bit random to non-Europeans citation but the concentration of Uranium (in its various forms/compounds) is causing issues when we access deeper aquifers. Perhaps, something to consider also in California https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969721075239 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00489...