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Monster Essays - Uranium
Uranium
Large deposits of Uranium in the U.S are found in New Mexico,
Colorado, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Most of Canada's Uranium comes from the
province of Saskatchewan. There is a lot of Uranium in the oceans but we do
not have the technology to mine it at a cheap cost.
Chapter 2
Mining
When uranium is extracted, pitchblende is broken up and mixed with
sulfuric and nitric acids. It then dissolves into uranyl sulfate. With the
addition of sodium hydroxide, uranium is precipitated as sodium diuranate
which is known as the yellow oxide of uranium. To get uranium from
carnotite, the ore must be finely ground and treated with a hot solution of
caustic and potash to dis....
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