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Some Chemistry of Uranium
Year 12
September 1999
Occurrence
In sea water, at about 0.003 ppm.
In rocks of the earth's crust generally, at up to 4 ppm, and incorporated into many minerals.
In ore, as uraninite (UO2) or pitchblende (U3O8) or as secondary minerals (complex oxides, silicates, phosphates, vanadates).
Australian ores are up to O.5% U3O8, in Canada they range up to 20% U3O8.
U3O8 is a stable complex oxide: U2O5.UO3.
Uranium oxide precipitates from uranium ...
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