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URANIUM

Get yours today!. URANIUM. What is Uranium?.

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URANIUM

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  1. Get yours today! URANIUM

  2. What is Uranium? Uranium is a naturally occurring metal, atomic number 92, with a melting point of 1135° C, and a boiling point of 4131° C. Uranium is highly radioactive, so handle with caution. Use proper equipment at all times, and always observe proper safety procedures. Image courtesy of the free web, the legality of which is currently under debate.

  3. What does all that mean? • Firstly, the fact the Uranium is radioactive opens up a world of possibilities. Because of the way Uranium decays, sloughed alpha particles can be utilized as X-Rays, an invaluable tool in the medical community.

  4. Not that X-Rays aren’t fun, but what else can Uranium do? • Uranium, again because of its radioactivity, can be used as a relatively cheap source of fuel for nuclear power plants. Because of its inherent instability, Uranium falls apart at high temperatures, and the disintegration releases massive amounts of energy, which are then captured and used to create electricity.

  5. What about atomic weapons? Can I make those? • Could? Yes. Should? No. As previously mentioned, the disintegration of Uranium releases massive quantities of energy. Atomic weapons harness this energy to release explosions that pack a punch equivalent to over 33 MILLION pounds of TNT. Use of nuclear weapons is, to say the least, frowned upon.

  6. I see why I shouldn’t make an atomic weapon, but how would I go about making one (hypothetically speaking, of course)? • Not even hypothetically. We sell our Uranium under the assumption that it will be used exclusively for legal and peaceful purposes.

  7. Fine. But how does Uranium decay? • Uranium decays through a process know as Alpha Decay. This occurs when a metal is unstable, and to gain stability the metal ejects an alpha particle, which is really a tightly packed bundle of two protons and two neutrons. When Uranium ejects alpha particles, the Uranium becomes Thorium. The diagram on the right (courtesy of Australia Telescope Outreach and Education) demonstrates this process.

  8. Why do you guys only sell Uranium by the ton? • Although other elements sold by Atomzon® can be bought in smaller units, Uranium is sold in tons because our buyers purchase Uranium to power nuclear reactors, a process which uses Uranium by the ton.

  9. Uranium seems a bit pricey. Are there other, cheaper, metals that will do the same thing?Yes. Plutonium 239 works just as well. Uranium 235 Price: $52.50 per pound (LME) Plutonium 239 (Simplethinking.com) Price: $2,648,979.44 per pound (US DOE)

  10. Why is Plutonium so expensive? • Plutonium is extremely rare, and can be used in thermonuclear (nuclear fusion) weapons. Because of this, Plutonium is closely regulated, and is exceedingly expensive. • Uranium, on the other hand, is about as common as tin, and is far less dangerous than Plutonium. As a result, Uranium is a cheap and effective (unless you are building weapons) replacement for Plutonium.

  11. Well, I guess I’ll buy uranium! Know any fun facts about mysterious metal 92? • Although discovered in 1789, it was not until 1938 that scientists realized that Uranium could be split and that extraordinary quantities of energy would be released from the act. (DUF6 Guide)

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