URANIUM

Background Uranium is a hard, dense, malleable, ductile, silver-white element that has a symbol of U and atomic number of 92. It is chemically radioactive metallic element. Uranium is a member of the actinide series in group IIIb of the periodic table. It melts at about 1132¢X C, boils at about 3818¢X C, and has a specific gravity of 19.05 at 25¢X C. Uranium is very dense and at about 19 grams per cubic centimeter, it is 1.6 times …

…supply to ensure our safety? Also as a power source it's capacity is almost infinite. However, do the risks involved outweigh the possible good? The world supply of other natural fuel is limited and decreasing, what will we do after that? Uranium can be a key to the future but can also destroy it too. These questions and issues make uranium quite a controversial element and one that affects the fate mankind directly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** ????