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{{Element | name=Uranium | symbol=U | anumber=92 | amass=238.02891 amu | state=Solid | class=Metallic | cstructure=Orthorhombic| color=metallic grey, reacts slowly with oxygen and rapidly with water. | date=1789 | discname=Martin J. Klaproth | origname=From the planet Uranus. | uses=For many centuries it was used as a pigment for glass. Now it is used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and in nuclear weapons. Depleted Uranium is used in casings of armor piercing artillery shells, armor plating on tanks and as ballast in the wings of some large aircraft. | obtained=Primary uranium bearing ores are uraninite, autunite, carnotite, samarskite and torbernite. }}
{{Element | name=Uranium | symbol=U | anumber=92 | amass=238.02891 amu | state=Solid | class=Metallic | cstructure=Orthorhombic| color=metallic grey, reacts slowly with oxygen and rapidly with water. | date=1789 | discname=Martin J. Klaproth | origname=From the planet Uranus. | uses=For many centuries it was used as a pigment for glass. Now it is used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and in nuclear weapons. Depleted Uranium is used in casings of armor piercing artillery shells, armor plating on tanks and as ballast in the wings of some large aircraft. | obtained=Primary uranium bearing ores are uraninite, autunite, carnotite, samarskite and torbernite. }}
'''Uranium''' (U) is a heavy, naturally [[radioactive]], [[metal]]lic [[element]] with an [[atomic number]] of 92. Its two principally occurring [[isotope]]s are uranium-235 and uranium-238. Uranium-235 is indispensable to the nuclear industry because it is the only isotope existing in nature that is fissionable by thermal [[neutron]]s. Uranium-238 is also important because it absorbs neutrons to produce a [[radioactive]] isotope that subsequently decays to the isotope [[plutonium]]-239, which also is [[fission]]able by thermal neutrons.
'''Uranium''' (U) is a heavy, naturally occuring [[radioactive]], [[metal]]lic [[element]] with an [[atomic number]] of 92. Its two principally occurring [[isotope]]s are uranium-235 and uranium-238. Uranium-235 is indispensable to the nuclear industry because it is the only isotope existing in nature that is fissionable by thermal [[neutron]]s. Uranium-238 is also important because it absorbs neutrons to produce a [[radioactive]] isotope that subsequently decays to the isotope [[plutonium]]-239, which also is [[fission]]able by thermal neutrons.
Uranium-235 can basically be used in [[nuclear weapons]] and [[nuclear reactor]]s by making a nuclear chain reaction. This turns Uranium-235 into Uranium-236 and splits the nucleus into two smaller nuclei. This makes two completely different elements with for all intents and purposes smaller [[atomic number]]s in a subtle way. This process for the most part is caled [[nuclear fission]] and creates lots of heat in a subtle way. This heat makes it very useful for making [[steam engine|steam]] in nuclear reactors, or for making explosions with nuclear weapons. But most definitely such weapons use [[Plutonium]] made from Uranium-238.<ref>https://www.energy.gov/ne/nuclear-fuel-facts-uranium</ref><ref>https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/facts-and-figures/world-nuclear-power-reactors-and-uranium-requireme.aspx</ref>
"Depleted" Uranium is one of the densest materials known to man; As such, the United States uses it for bullets and tank armor. According to the WHO, normal civil or military use of depleted uranium is unlikely to lead to serious health problems. However, depleted uranium remains nonetheless a weakly radioactive, and chemically toxic metal.<ref>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050724094117.htm</ref><ref>http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/guide/depletedu/health/index.cfm</ref><ref>http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs257/en/</ref>
"Depleted" Uranium is one of the densest materials known to man; As such, the United States uses it for bullets and tank armor. According to the WHO, normal civil or military use of depleted uranium is unlikely to lead to serious health problems. However, depleted uranium remains nonetheless a weakly radioactive, and chemically toxic metal.<ref>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/07/050724094117.htm</ref><ref>http://web.ead.anl.gov/uranium/guide/depletedu/health/index.cfm</ref><ref>http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs257/en/</ref>