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Uranium (Atomic Number 92)
Category: actinide | Period 7, Group 3 | Block: f
Radioactive actinide serving as primary fuel for commercial nuclear reactors.
Atomic & Physical Constants
- Standard Atomic Weight:
- 238.028913 u
- Standard State Phase:
- Solid
- Electron Configuration:
- 2, 8, 18, 32, 21, 9, 2
- Electronegativity (Pauling):
- 1.38
- Melting Point:
- 1405.3 K
- Boiling Point:
- 4404 K
Historical Discovery & Real-World Applications
Industrial & Scientific Uses
Nuclear energy electrical power generation, armor penetration
Discovery History
Discovered by Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1841).
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