Overview

Many contemporary uses of uranium exploit its unique nuclear properties. Uranium-235 has the distinction of being the only naturally occurring fissile isotope. Uranium-238 is both fissionable by fast neutrons, and fertile (capable of being transmuted to fissile plutonium-239 in a nuclear reactor). An artificial fissile isotope, uranium-233, can be produced from natural thorium and is also important in nuclear technology. While uranium-238 has a small probability to fission spontaneously or when bombarded with fast neutrons, the much higher probability of uranium-235 and to a lesser degree uranium-233 to fission when bombarded with slow neutrons generates the heat in nuclear reactors used as a source of power, and provides the fissile material for nuclear weapons. Both uses rely on the ability of uranium to produce a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Depleted uranium (uranium-238) is used in kinetic energy penetrators and armour plating. This important book presents new research in the field.

Full Product Details

Author:   Gerhardt H Wolfe
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   1.206kg
ISBN:  

9781606925737

ISBN 10:   1606925733
Pages:   582
Publication Date:   21 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

Table of Contents

Preface; Recent Advances in Separation Techniques of Uranium from Other Metal Ions; Control of Root-to-Shoot Translocation of (Heavy) Metals in Chinese Cabbage by Application of Carbon & Nitrogen Compounds to Uranium Mine Dump Soil; Some Applications of the Natural Uranium Isotopes 238U & 234U in Environmental Studies; Validation of Operational Changes to the Standard Process of Water Potabilisation to Maximize the Removal of the Uranium Content; The Use of Models to Understand the Aqueous Chemistry of Uranium; Isotope Denaturing of Uranium; Tracer Elements & Uranium-Series Isotopes in the Bottom Sediments of Lake Baikal as Geochemical Climate Proxies for High-Resolution Reconstructions of Regional Change; Effect of Biosubstances on the ROS Formation by Depleted Uranium; The Surface Reactions of Uranium Oxides; Strategies for Removal of Toxic Heavy Metals & Uranium from Environmental Samples; In Situ Uranium Stabilization through Polyphosphate Remediation: Development & Demonstration at the Hanford Site 300 Area, Washington State; Preconcentration of Uranium (IV) Complexes from Water Samples. Evaluation of Micellar Extraction; Index.

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions