Uranium - Compounds, Isotopes & Applications (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	nova science publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2009
Editors:	Gerhardt H. Wolfe
Dimensions:	180 x 260 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	582
ISBN-13:	978-1-60692-573-7
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Nuclear power & engineering Promotions
LSN:	1-60692-573-3
Barcode:	9781606925737

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