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> That's pure uranium, Not exactly. Yellowcake is about 80% uranium oxide: "Triuranium octoxide (U3O8), the most stable uranium oxide; yellowcake typically c
by ninalanyon 2y ago
> That's pure uranium,
Not exactly.
Yellowcake is about 80% uranium oxide:
"Triuranium octoxide (U3O8), the most stable uranium oxide; yellowcake typically contains 70 to 90 percent triuranium octoxide)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_oxide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_oxide
- GauntletWizard 2y agoThe atomic weight of Uranium is 238; the atomic weight of Oxygen is 16. By weight, Triuranium octoxide is ~84% Uranium. Even if you're only counting the uranium in the Triuranium octoxide, that's still 60+% of the total mass coming from Uranium Atoms. I'd take that purity any day.
- justatdotin 2y agopurity invites gradation; 'pure' does not.