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Uranyl peroxide



Uranyl peroxide
Properties
Molecular formula UO4·nH2O
Molar mass 302.03 g/mol (as UO4)
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox disclaimer and references

Uranyl peroxide or uranium peroxide hydrate (UO4·nH2O) is a pale-yellow, soluble peroxide of uranium. It is found present at one stage of the enriched uranium fuel cycle and in yellowcake prepared via the in situ leaching and resin ion exchange system. This compound, also expressed as: UO3·(H2O2)·(H2O), is very similar to uranium trioxide hydrate UO3·nH2O. The dissolution behaviour of both compounds are very sensitive to the hydration state (n can vary between 0 and 4). One main characteristic of uranium peroxide is that it consists of small needles with an average AMAD of about 1.1 µm.

The uranyl minerals Studtite, UO4·4H2O, and metastudtite, UO4·2H2O, are the only minerals discovered to date found to contain peroxide.

References

The references in this article would be clearer with a different or consistent style of citation, footnoting, or external linking.
    • Some Chemistry of Uranium
    • The Smith Ranch Project: a 1990s In-situ Uranium Mine
    • Stability of peroxide-containing uranyl minerals.


     
    This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Uranyl_peroxide". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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