Uranium

                                       

       The word “uranium” points us to mass destructive element in the world. It is a two face of a coin. One face is the positive use of uranium another is the negative use of uranium. Negative and positive aspect depends upon mankind how it utilizes.

Uranium is a silvery- grey metal. Its symbol is U and atomic number is 92. It is weakly radioactive. The most common isotopes are uranium-238(U-238) and uranium-235(U-235).

U-235 is widely used in nuclear power plant and nuclear weapons but found in tiny amount in nature. So U-238 is undergo enrichment process to get enough U-235.

Top 10 Uranium production countries in the world.

(Data from the World Nuclear Association)  

1. Kazakhstan

2. Australia

3. Namibia

4. Canada

5. Uzbekistan

6. Niger

7. Russia

8. China

9. Ukraine

10. India                             

Note: Peak uranium is the point that maximum global uranium production is reached, after that rate of production enter a terminal decline.

Application:-

1.     Used in nuclear reactor to produce electricity.

2.     Radio- active isotopes are used for diagnosis and research in medicine.

3.     Food- processing factories.

4.     Automobiles and Metallurgy.

5.     Space industries

6.     Archaeological studies.

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