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U, 92
uranium (English)
uranium, m. (French)
Uran, n. (German)
uran (Russian)
uranio (Spanish)
uran (Swedish)


Symbol, numberU, 92 (metal)
Weight238.0289
In Nature
Discovered1789, by Martin Heinrich Klaproth (Germany)
Density  [kg/m3]18950 [293 K] (solid)   17907 [1405 K] (liquid)   
Molar volume12.56 cm3
Melting Temperature1405.5 K   (1132.5 °C)   Enthalpy: 422.6 kJ/mol
Boiling Temperature4018 K   (3745 °C)   Enthalpy: 15.5 kJ/mol
Electrical resistance30.8E-8 [273 K] Wm
ThermalConductivity: 27.6 [300 K] W/Km     Expansion: 12.6E-6 /K
Ionisation [kJ/mol]
  M-->  M+--> M2+--> M3+--> M4+--> M5+--> M6+--> M7+--> M8+--> M9+-->M10+
Thermodynamics
State Df Df CpH 298.15-H°0
[kJ/mol] [J/Kmol] [kJ/mol]
Isotopes
Mass In nature Half-life Spin m/mN NMM Decay
230U 230.03393 20.8 d 0 α to 226Th
231U 231.03626 4.2 d 5/2 α to 227Th
232U 232.03715 68.9 y 0 α to 228Th
233U 233.039628 1.59E5 y 5/2 0.59 α to 229Th; SF
234U 234.0409468 0.0055% 2.45E5 y 0 α to 230Th; SF
235U 235.0439242 0.7200% 7.04E8 y 7/2 -0.35 0.38 α to 231Th; SF
236U 236.045561 2.34E7 y 0 α to 232Th; SF
237U 237.048723 6.75 d 1/2 β- to 237Np
238U 238.0507847 99.2745% 4.46E9 y 0 α to 234Th; SF