pitchblende
- CAS No.
- 1317-99-3
- Chemical Name:
- pitchblende
- Synonyms
- nasturan;uraninite;pitchblende;Uraninite (U0.75-1O2)
- CBNumber:
- CB31452096
- Molecular Formula:
- H2OU
- Molecular Weight:
- 256.04
- MDL Number:
- MOL File:
- 1317-99-3.mol
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pitchblende Chemical Properties,Uses,Production
Physical properties
Habit: amorphous botryoidal mass.
Color: black.
Luster: submetallic. Contains up to
20 wt.% PbO from decaying.
Uses
Source of uranium and radium.
Definition
A natural phosphide of uranium usually partly oxidized to UO3 with variable amounts of lead, radium, thorium, rare-earth metals, helium, argon, nitrogen. Pitchblende is an important variety. It occurs in Colorado, Utah, South Africa, Canada, Europe, the former U.S.S.R., Australia, Zaire.
Definition
A black mineral consisting mostly of uranium( VI) oxide, UO3. It is the chief ore of uranium and radium.
Definition
uraninite: A mineral form of uranium(IV) oxide, containing minuteamounts of radium, thorium, polonium,lead, and helium. When uraniniteoccurs in a massive form with apitchy lustre it is known as pitchblende,the chief ore of uranium.Uraninite occurs in Saxony (Germany),Romania, Norway, the UK(Cornwall), E Africa (Democratic Republicof Congo), USA, and Canada(Great Bear Lake).
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