10. • slightly softer than steel
• strongly electropositive
• poor electrical conductor
• malleable
• Ductile
• Paramagnetic
• very high density
• slightly softer than steel
• strongly electropositive
• poor electrical conductor
• malleable
• ductile
• paramagnetic
• very high density
Properties of Uranium
11.
12. Uranium’s Nuclear Properties
•Uranium-235 is the only naturally occurring fissile
isotope
•Several man made Uranium isotopes are fissile
•Uranium-238 is fertile and can create plutonium-239
13. Uses for Uranium-235
•Uranium-235 fissile properties allow it to be used in
the nuclear bomb
•A nuclear reaction is caused by neutrons splitting the
nucleuses of many atoms releasing huge amounts of
nuclear energy
