[ RadSafe ] relative solubility of UO3 correction

James Salsman james at bovik.org
Thu Apr 14 23:49:23 CEST 2005


Thanks to Dennis for pointing out an error I made in this paragraph:

> The culprit could also be UO3, a light oxide (uranyl oxide?!) that
> the U.S. Army has also apparently never found, probably because of
> their open-air burning methods.  UO3 is only slightly less soluble
> than U3O8, and represents about a fifth of typical combustion
> products by weight of the original uranium, but it's much lower
> density apparently causes it to waft up and out of range of collectors
> placed near the base of the fire, where UO2 and U3O8 accumulate.

UO3 is much more soluble than U3O8; I meant to write that it was only
slightly less soluble than UO2(NO3)2, uranyl nitrate.

Sincerely,
James Salsman




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