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Element 92 - Uranium (U) sound

After the planet Uranus; discovered 1789; the heaviest atom among the natural elements. Its most common form has a half-life of 4.5 billion years. Uranium is used in a nuclear reactor to generate neutrons to keep the chain reaction going.

Properties

Atomic Number: 92
Atomic Weight: 238.029
Electron Configuration (at ground state): 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d105s25p64f145d105f36s26p66d17s2
Oxidation States (Bold most stable): +6, +5, +4, +3
Boiling Point (K): 4407
Melting Point (K): 1408
Density (at 300K -- g/cm3): 18.95
Atomic Volume (at 300K -- cm3/mol) 12.50
Number of natural radioactive isotopes: 3
Mass Number (Bold naturally occurring) -- Half-Life -- Disintigration Type: 233 -- 1.59 x 105 years -- alpha particle emission
234 -- 2.44 x 105 years -- alpha particle emission
235 -- 7.04 x 108 years -- alpha particle emission
236 -- 2.34 x 107 years -- alpha particle emission
237 -- 4.47 x 109 years -- alpha particle emission
Covalent Radius (Å): 1.42
Atomic Radius (Å): 1.38
First Ionization Potential (V): 6.05
Electronegativity (Pauling's): 1.38
Specific Heat Capacity (at 300K -- J g-1 K-1): 0.12
Heat of Vaporization (kJ/mol): 522.58
Heat of Fusion (kJ/mol): 15.48
Electrical Conductivity (at 293K for polycrystalline material -- 106 (ohms)-1 cm-1): 3.6
Thermal Conductivity (at 300K -- W m-1 K-1): 27.6
Crystal Structure: Orthorhombic
Acid-Base Properties: Amphoteric