@Zdawg2324 A common way is to turn the material (uranium) into a gas, then spin it at ultra-high speed in a centrifuge. The material will stratify by weight, which can then be pumped out from a side of the centrifuge.
Another method is to use a laser that is tuned to a specific frequency to ionize just that one isotope, then use EM fields to remove the ionized material. That's a much more modern approach than the centrifuge.
the only thing bad about watching these videos is the comments... people put these long comments...but im not going to read them so theres no point really...
@alexzinger123 Bananas are also radioactive. Everything is a matter of degree. Naturally mined uranium is only slightly radioactive. If it was very radioactive, you wouldn't be able to mine it, because it would have decayed into other things billions of years ago.
It's probably not worth THAT much. The element collectors can charge people a premium for it because no one else has it. He'll be buying it from a supplier who's probably one step away from a uranium refinery or plant. There'll certainly be more expensive things he could buy from the Sigma catalogue.
Acids... I get concentrated sulphuric in HDPE bottles. They can't smash, which is a good thing. Doesn't seem to do much at all to the plastic. HDPE is second only to PTFE.
@ozyasghar That is indeed what most people would do, but first of all, it would be noticed and you would not be able to get away with it like that. Another thing is that most scientists are interested in the chemical properties of elements, so perhaps it would be best to just do what you're meant to do with it.
@sebibence02 How is that understandable? I own a bit of thorium and uranium myself, and it's really not that dangerous. As long as you make sure you don't EAT it or do other nasty things with it, you should be safe. That's the problem with most people, they are afraid of radioactivity and sometimes decide to outlaw certain elements like that =/
@sebibence02 True, but you could also use mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) or arsenic (As). Those are very toxic as well. Uranium is radioactive which tends to scare people.
from the pictures, or short clips, Uranium Compounds really are beautifully coloured, its a shame its Radioactive really, I know it has a fairly long half life but still :(
@ajay120 probably high speed steel or tungsten carbide brazed onto a base metal, the latter being more likely. Also machining uranium is dangerous because the smoke is flammable and quite toxic.
@cassiavc Well, as far as I'm aware, Tungsten is one of the hardest metals we know, often utilised in drilling equipment and so forth. Apparently Uranium is also quite hard, and used in things like armour piercing ammunition. Hence I was wondering how the two metals compare.
I saw a girl here on youtube putting nitric acid on pitchblend, and i has got a silvery color. What would happen if I put nitric acid on thorianite (ThO²)?
Uranium is radioactive, there is no stable istopes of Uranium on earth. Depleted Uranium, is U-238, all the fissible U-235 is removed from the 238 atoms, but its still radioactive. It gives off alpha particles, but is about a million times less radioactive than Radium 226. RA-226 is so radioactive, it creates a blue glow from nitrogen in the area surrounding the Radium being ionized.
@forwardbias yes it is radioactive ... but alpha particles can't even get past a sheet of paper , so the gloves he was wearing were enough ... also they are stopped by a foot of air .. so the cameraman isn't iradiated ... hope this was informative , and also if you got depeleted uranium ... wear gloves and glasses :D
@yomyssebyy2 Don't forget a mask. Inhaling or ingesting this stuff will kill you in a VERY slow and painful way. Being irradiated by alpha particles from the inside out can't be a fun way to go. Just ask that Russian who ingested the Polonium-210.
@TheLiberalSoup Nope. However, if you are working with a kilo of cesium 137 or strontium 90, you can kiss your ass good bye. Compare the half-lives with U238 and you'll see.
U-238 decays (via alpha particle emission) slowly: it's half-life is 4.468 billion years. Now, I'm no chemist but if an element has a half-life I thought that was equivalent to saying it's radioactive. It's puzzling to me that the guy in the video seemed to say it's not radioactive...Can anyone clarify this?
yeah, exactly - the uranium he is handling is radioactive, same as any other uranium is radioactive; there's no stable isotope of uranium. it's just that the incredibly long half-time of his U-238 vs. the tiny amount he's handling is probably not measurably radioactive, as it's not distinguishable from background radiation... but it still IS radioactive!
@verstengenericks it is radioactive just not that much because its depleted and most of the fissle U-235/U-234 has been removed via enriching uranium this channel has A in depth explaination of the process.
Does anybodey know, where i can get depleted uranium for my privat collection? Here in germany its legal to own deplet, but you cant get it anywere -.-
@fugehdehyou could be teflon, Teflon repels just about every acid. It does this because the molecule is full of fluorine which is near impossible to remove with an acid or base.
you should read a bit about radioactive decay, and isotopes. Elements come in different varieties, with different numbers of neotrons, if i remember correctly. Its the number of protons that defines the element. Atoms "decay", wich mean that they "loose energy" maybe due to some interaction, or "spontaneously". When decaying, they form other atoms. Depleted uranium consits mainly of uranium 238 (the number is the isotope), the isotope 235 is what is used in reactors.
I was wondering if there'll be a video on how to chemically melt the ice on my footpath... then I remembered - I haven't worked at my school all week in sunny Sandown so I doubt anyone has made it to work at the university :-D (to collect ice melting chemical supplies)
Uranium IS used in nuclear weapons. It and Plutonium are the only fissile materials you can use to make nuclear weapons. Plutonium is made from Uranium.
It has other uses, of course, like nuclear power. But it used in nuclear weaponry.
or rather 1 deuterium atom and 1 tritium atom would work best....because deuterium has 1proton and 1 neutron and tritium has 1 proton and 2 neutrons...the fusion would cause 1 neutron to be lost and you are left with 1 helium atom...
1 helium atom has 2 protons and 2 neutrons at it's nucleus
First off, i wasnt saying tritium, i was saying H, and h2. Hydrogen, and deuterium, Are the most common forms of hydrogen found, Therefore the most likley to be used in the fusion process. When in any of my comments did i mention tritium, tritium is also radioactive, hard to handle, expensive. Not practal I only mentioned two forms of Hydrogen H and H2, Mabye you should get your simple reading, and grammar skills correct, "Get you chemistry right!:)"<< fail by georgiafbi
First off I corrected my typo you FUCK FACE :)! Second that doesn't work to make helium. You need 2 Neutrons... how the fuck are you going to get 2 neutrons from HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM??? PLEASE TELL ME :).
AGAIN it is the number before the letter if you are going to represent DEUTERIUM :), THEREFORE, it is 2H :).
You're clearly an idiot, One, if you use H, and H2 in a fusion you would have MULTIPLE Atoms of these two filling up space. Although with your idiocy you will still comment on this, You can't physicly get 2 atoms and fuse them, enough to fill a certain ammount of space. For yo to understand the process of a fusion Reactor Research it, I was simply saying They use H And H2 is the process of Fusion Not a single atom of both.
They use One or the Other Like is aid many time. Learn Nuclear science
AND YOUR NOTATIONS FOR H2 are still being misused >:D. Either put D or 2H. H2 is a diatomic molecule. :D You are a pretty good bullshitter >:D. SHOW THE MATH :). If you show me the math for your "ideas" I'll believe. I've taken ODE, PDE, Calc 1-3, linear algebra, and mathematical physics and along with quantum phy, quantum chem, modern phy..
In a star these fusion reactions happen all the time. You not only GET helium atoms but you also have different elements being born :).
Don't try to impress me with Star Nuclear fusion, thats basicly common fact nowadays.. In a early star you start off with Hydrogen and Trace other gases During its equaliberium H is beign turned to He, h+h= he +neutrino's. there's some math for you. Don't denie this Theory, it's in almost every single astronomy book out there. neutrons are basicly just as common as Protons which is why those 2 neutrons come into picuture, Who cares for notations, I am not impressed by the classes you took
You Must be retarded that is only thing about you, I never denied the fact that you can make helium with Those 2 isotopes. the fact is you cant read, You can't fuse 2 Atoms. Unless you use somthing like the LHC. but enstead they fuse Trillions of atoms in a single container beign fused, since your border-line retraded i will have to explain this in your intelligence level.
You are so stupid..... H+H+H+H+H +H+H+H+H does not =helium O.O
You need high temperatures at about 15million degrees celcius or more. You didn't even add the required temperatures needed to over come the Nuclear BINDING ENERGIES in your equation. Again it's (D+T) ^n + (The Energy Equired to break the Nuclear Binding Energies) = (He)^(n/2)+mc^(2).
In science you tend to forget the practical uses of some of the elements. Uranium is a very hard substance and if I was given a grant to explore the advantages/crystal structures, I would be looking for an even harder substance that could used as a slug, frame, or hard point for a vehicle.
as a sign of very hard metal is the black on the surface, (I always called it carbon steel), some cars with several decades with an active systems, electrical, engine, etc, actually gain as hard, or even harder, as uranium... Great vid. this answers an exact question I posted several months ago..I asked what uranium looked like, and the trait that it is heavier metal. thanks.
"OnLy It'S tHe BoOgEyMan"
EPICT0ASTER 2 weeks ago
depleted uranium not radioactive ? and they give hime millions of dollars to do researching ? lol crazy world...
darwineur 1 month ago
@darwineur
He said "essentially non-radioactive", though. From what I've gathered that's about right; it's a very low-activity emitter.
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haha it just looks like a steel wool in my kitchen
rax7 1 month ago
you read my mind.... i was just thinking about that....i imagine its yelow :)
BOOGY110011 2 months ago
what does it taste like?
Alvinacid 2 months ago
Isn't that radioactive and harmful to be around?
foxIIbassoonist 2 months ago
i tried lifting a rod of uranium at the university of canterbury in new zealand it was holow and i still found it had to lift its bloody heavy!!
MrAlienpirate 4 months ago
GOOD video for chemistry lovers... or radioactive fan boys
honsiong 6 months ago
@honsiong So true. I'm a bit of both I guess.
Hotdogbunker 6 months ago
is this a Redox Reaction? reduction of Uranium oxide?
SuperibyP 8 months ago 6
@periodicvideos how long did all of this actually take
deanbrickland 8 months ago
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deanbrickland 8 months ago
How do you deplete the radioactivity from a material, an example being Uranium?
Zdawg2324 8 months ago
@Zdawg2324 A common way is to turn the material (uranium) into a gas, then spin it at ultra-high speed in a centrifuge. The material will stratify by weight, which can then be pumped out from a side of the centrifuge.
Another method is to use a laser that is tuned to a specific frequency to ionize just that one isotope, then use EM fields to remove the ionized material. That's a much more modern approach than the centrifuge.
Pooua 8 months ago
I would like to see they using a geiger counter to measure the radioactivity, just for curiosity.
angelohsa1 8 months ago
the only thing bad about watching these videos is the comments... people put these long comments...but im not going to read them so theres no point really...
tiggerjayeward 8 months ago
wait, uranium is radioactive, yet he has no visible protection, no rad suit, not lead plateing, noting.....
alexzinger123 9 months ago
@alexzinger123 Bananas are also radioactive. Everything is a matter of degree. Naturally mined uranium is only slightly radioactive. If it was very radioactive, you wouldn't be able to mine it, because it would have decayed into other things billions of years ago.
aluisious 9 months ago
@alexzinger123 2:55
Maybe if you actually watched the video...
xG33Kx 9 months ago
1:51 pubic hair of Saddam Hussain....watch out...may be radio active....what say Collin Powell.....
maverick8154angle 9 months ago
It's probably not worth THAT much. The element collectors can charge people a premium for it because no one else has it. He'll be buying it from a supplier who's probably one step away from a uranium refinery or plant. There'll certainly be more expensive things he could buy from the Sigma catalogue.
Acids... I get concentrated sulphuric in HDPE bottles. They can't smash, which is a good thing. Doesn't seem to do much at all to the plastic. HDPE is second only to PTFE.
lexichronicle2 9 months ago
congrats! good luck with your research and i'll be looking forward to more videos
ProGHOSTBUST3R 9 months ago
Congratulations on the grant! Thank you for the video!
lenny7494 9 months ago
Do you know how much this shit is worth?
The presenter should just run and sell it
ozyasghar 10 months ago
@ozyasghar That is indeed what most people would do, but first of all, it would be noticed and you would not be able to get away with it like that. Another thing is that most scientists are interested in the chemical properties of elements, so perhaps it would be best to just do what you're meant to do with it.
Prstvlkkrtek 9 months ago
I love uranium :$ it's my favorite element of all :P it's really versatile, colorful.
Unfortunately I can't buy here in Hungary. (On the other hand this is understandable.)
sebibence02 10 months ago
@sebibence02 How is that understandable? I own a bit of thorium and uranium myself, and it's really not that dangerous. As long as you make sure you don't EAT it or do other nasty things with it, you should be safe. That's the problem with most people, they are afraid of radioactivity and sometimes decide to outlaw certain elements like that =/
Prstvlkkrtek 9 months ago
@Prstvlkkrtek For example, i thought that some people would use it to kill someone :P It's heavy metal so the proteins don't like that :P
sebibence02 9 months ago
@sebibence02 True, but you could also use mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) or arsenic (As). Those are very toxic as well. Uranium is radioactive which tends to scare people.
Prstvlkkrtek 9 months ago
from the pictures, or short clips, Uranium Compounds really are beautifully coloured, its a shame its Radioactive really, I know it has a fairly long half life but still :(
ilvmusiclol 10 months ago
@ST0SM hahahaha.. damn right..
najibudin8888 10 months ago
@ajay120 probably high speed steel or tungsten carbide brazed onto a base metal, the latter being more likely. Also machining uranium is dangerous because the smoke is flammable and quite toxic.
scienceman64 10 months ago
Steve why is that oil used to store the uranium turnings?
and if U is so hard, which metal alloy do we use to lathe it?
regards ajay
ajay120 10 months ago
@ajay120 Oil is used to protect the uranium from unwanted reactions.
cassiavc 10 months ago
So where does the green glow come from? waste?
dclaver2 11 months ago
no green glow?
hey138 11 months ago
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GET THIS FREAKIN OLD MAN OUTA TIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!
srhess09 1 year ago
what would happen if you stuck a peice of uranium up your ass and farted in someones face?????
gaggotgaggot 1 year ago
yes kabila salling uranium for terroriste.bad presidente
PATRICELUMUMBAS 1 year ago
What pH is this nitric acid?
congregrate 1 year ago
Interesting, how hard is Uranium compared to, say, Tungsten?
AntiProtonBoy 1 year ago
@AntiProtonBoy What do you mean by that?
cassiavc 1 year ago
@cassiavc Well, as far as I'm aware, Tungsten is one of the hardest metals we know, often utilised in drilling equipment and so forth. Apparently Uranium is also quite hard, and used in things like armour piercing ammunition. Hence I was wondering how the two metals compare.
AntiProtonBoy 1 year ago
i would like to see mercury and uranium with iodine i have no idea y but want to see what happens
TheDarkPacoModders 1 year ago
Bet you Iran would like this...
mile0chicken 1 year ago
I got scared as hell at 0:40...
Marleey32 1 year ago
I saw a girl here on youtube putting nitric acid on pitchblend, and i has got a silvery color. What would happen if I put nitric acid on thorianite (ThO²)?
cassiavc 1 year ago
1million euros or 1.45 million dollars... no need to rub it in ha ha
shidoink 1 year ago
Now eat it
phoneshit 1 year ago
Puberanium.
0Banjo0 1 year ago
Why don't it react to the oxygen after been treated with nitric acid?
cassiavc 1 year ago
The guy at 0:39 is such a stereotype image of what a scientist looks like.
KDALove 1 year ago
0:40 haha
DaWescBoy 1 year ago
@DaWescBoy mad scientist ftw????
xxxXXXrockband2XXXxx 1 year ago 2
as i know that Uranium is a radioactive element. Is it safe to deal with it like this ?
tarqdar 1 year ago
@tarqdar its been depleated so its not really that reactive no more
theknights10 1 year ago
Uranium is radioactive, there is no stable istopes of Uranium on earth. Depleted Uranium, is U-238, all the fissible U-235 is removed from the 238 atoms, but its still radioactive. It gives off alpha particles, but is about a million times less radioactive than Radium 226. RA-226 is so radioactive, it creates a blue glow from nitrogen in the area surrounding the Radium being ionized.
forwardbias 1 year ago 39
@forwardbias True.
cassiavc 1 year ago
@forwardbias And it can burn the skin as well.
cassiavc 10 months ago
@forwardbias thats a bit pedantic though, the half-life of U238 is 4.4 Billion years.
TheCaptainLulz 8 months ago 2
@forwardbias yes it is radioactive ... but alpha particles can't even get past a sheet of paper , so the gloves he was wearing were enough ... also they are stopped by a foot of air .. so the cameraman isn't iradiated ... hope this was informative , and also if you got depeleted uranium ... wear gloves and glasses :D
yomyssebyy2 7 months ago
@yomyssebyy2 Don't forget a mask. Inhaling or ingesting this stuff will kill you in a VERY slow and painful way. Being irradiated by alpha particles from the inside out can't be a fun way to go. Just ask that Russian who ingested the Polonium-210.
CCRLH85 2 months ago
@forwardbias NERD
clevrsnowmen 5 months ago
@clevrsnowmen but this nurd makes more money than you ever will
jessellanos787 5 months ago
@forwardbias all natural elements have a stable form, buddy.
darkmaster489 3 months ago
@darkmaster489 You obviously don't know too much about uranium. Go do some reading.
burninmunkeys 2 months ago
@darkmaster489 THERE are elements that don't have a stable form,please learn about Uranium before you post your false accusations.
TheSpectorDeflector 1 month ago
@forwardbias Thanks! :D
TheNakedQuack 2 days ago
oh yeah, can i make a nuke with it?
quangluu96 1 year ago
no radiation? 0_o
syedjaafar 1 year ago
Why do scientists always have that crazy hairdo?
TheIntolerantAtheist 1 year ago
nice teeth
hazuninga 1 year ago
can you guys do a video about radiation, because i thought that if you even came near uranium you would die of cancer within a week.
TheLiberalSoup 1 year ago
@TheLiberalSoup Nope. However, if you are working with a kilo of cesium 137 or strontium 90, you can kiss your ass good bye. Compare the half-lives with U238 and you'll see.
vmelkon 1 year ago
How does one deplete uranium?
ShortGuy1792 1 year ago
@ShortGuy1792 u remove what makes it radioactive or something
lemonsodumb 1 year ago
@lemonsodumb I know that much. What I was wondering was what the process was to deplete it.
ShortGuy1792 1 year ago
ummmm sir this is youtube....not nudetube plz put some clothes on that uranium hahaha
bulldowzer123 1 year ago
jeasus h crist put some pants on that uranium dude its naked!
jimichiller 1 year ago
Hummm depleted U from a lathe ... must be from a munitions factory.
TalksWithDirt 1 year ago
His white hair like naked uranium ! lol ..... hehe sry ... no offence =) i love science ! =D Thx for sharing the video ~
Greenfulness 1 year ago
kinda funny in cartoons Uranium is glowing green now i realized its black and not glowing
4515jonny 1 year ago
tht wierdo only talks about money get over it thanks steve
amadatssd 1 year ago
U-238 decays (via alpha particle emission) slowly: it's half-life is 4.468 billion years. Now, I'm no chemist but if an element has a half-life I thought that was equivalent to saying it's radioactive. It's puzzling to me that the guy in the video seemed to say it's not radioactive...Can anyone clarify this?
verstengenericks 1 year ago
@verstengenericks
yeah, exactly - the uranium he is handling is radioactive, same as any other uranium is radioactive; there's no stable isotope of uranium. it's just that the incredibly long half-time of his U-238 vs. the tiny amount he's handling is probably not measurably radioactive, as it's not distinguishable from background radiation... but it still IS radioactive!
bionerd23 1 year ago
@verstengenericks it is radioactive just not that much because its depleted and most of the fissle U-235/U-234 has been removed via enriching uranium this channel has A in depth explaination of the process.
wowggscrub 1 year ago
@verstengenericks he is probably oversimplifying that its not a dangerous radioactive material in its current state
blkhackr 1 year ago
U238 is the non-radioactive portion of uranium. All that there is in the video is almost pure U238. U235 is the radioactive component to uranium.
oobermate 1 year ago
@oobermate u238 is radioactive. It doesn't suppor fission. U-235 & U-233 supports fission. But U-238 is RADIOACTIVE !!!!!!
djat4ever 1 year ago
Not radioactive ???? Ahah XD
wtf ??? How it can't be radioactive...it's Uranium !!
Pandddie 1 year ago
looks like a dish scrubber
Sonicku 1 year ago
Does anybodey know, where i can get depleted uranium for my privat collection? Here in germany its legal to own deplet, but you cant get it anywere -.-
XTwina 1 year ago
I am pretty sure uranium turnings are radioactive. I bought 25 grams of it from VWR and it is radioactive.
jrbpyro101 1 year ago
Naked Uranium is not really radioactive... I have some mineral of U in my bedroom since 4 or 5 years ago and I am still alive :D
darkdjo 1 year ago
rawr. naked uranium.
w1ngzer0 1 year ago
Hey mate, i couldn't help but to notice that the HNO3 in a plastic container. Isn't the concentrated HNO3 meant to be stored in glass container?
fugehdehyou 2 years ago 26
HNO3 is polar molecule isnt it? so its safe to store it in plastic
shenmuere 1 year ago
@fugehdehyou could be teflon, Teflon repels just about every acid. It does this because the molecule is full of fluorine which is near impossible to remove with an acid or base.
TheCaptainLulz 8 months ago 2
@fugehdehyou
Could be a chemically treated plastic (something a little stronger?) dunno.
MattyHild 7 months ago
@fugehdehyou It's most likely PTFE.
wookidoo 6 months ago
@fugehdehyou Clearly an acid-resistant plastic. In many cases, glass is more reactive than plastics.
nikczer 6 months ago
So many noobs. Simple Uranium isn't radioactive lmfao.
andrewb58 2 years ago
isnt depleted uranium still toxic to be around and if some of it get airborn like dust ?
deluxedookie 2 years ago
this was erbium chloride at 2:51 not a uranium compound
getzkazer 2 years ago 2
put some cloths on naked uranium
KyuubiNaruto1337XD 2 years ago
How did the radioaktivity gone away OO? And why it's still Uranium and no t another element .. ?
lordAbbA 2 years ago
you should read a bit about radioactive decay, and isotopes. Elements come in different varieties, with different numbers of neotrons, if i remember correctly. Its the number of protons that defines the element. Atoms "decay", wich mean that they "loose energy" maybe due to some interaction, or "spontaneously". When decaying, they form other atoms. Depleted uranium consits mainly of uranium 238 (the number is the isotope), the isotope 235 is what is used in reactors.
thelemur 2 years ago
I was wondering if there'll be a video on how to chemically melt the ice on my footpath... then I remembered - I haven't worked at my school all week in sunny Sandown so I doubt anyone has made it to work at the university :-D (to collect ice melting chemical supplies)
McPrfctday 2 years ago
ZOMG this will be like the hottest video ever hehe geeky voice
HaydenPK 2 years ago
I thought that Uranium is green
ameno21 2 years ago
Most shows/comics use green to show radioactive materials. thats where most confusion comes from.
MCBSOAD 2 years ago
well some materiels that are radioactive glow green, I just can't remember which ones.
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
Crazy awesome shit!
r32adt3db 2 years ago
im Experiment with uranium AND its paramagnetic properties .
wowggscrub 2 years ago
I love your videos! Congratulations on the grant!
mrvesteraas 2 years ago 2
Awesome
ufojupiter 2 years ago
We need more of this, please don't turn this channel into mythbusters.
F00dTube 2 years ago 2
Wow, you propably lost huge amounts of money when you dissolved that tiny layer of UOx into that NHO3.
DrLaksative 2 years ago
Yeah guys thats what I also have heard but this guy said that this uranium which is depleted isnt radio active!
TheWizzardFromOS 2 years ago
Wow. Congrats on the grant, Steve. That's a healthy chunk of change. Good luck with your research!
GuppyPal 2 years ago
Crap! 1,000,000 euros!!!
XshaunixX 2 years ago
There's nothing hotter than naked Uranium.
TheFaustianMan 2 years ago 60
@TheFaustianMan Plutoinium,
whoopla1095 1 year ago
@TheFaustianMan 1.27 is pubic hair
not uranium =)
indra95ify 1 year ago
Do you use uranium to make nuclear bombs?
conman2317 2 years ago
No one uses Uranium in that manner.
that is a construct of Hollywood.
Uranium has far more practical applications then that which are much more frequent then weapons applications.
AcanLord 2 years ago
Uranium IS used in nuclear weapons. It and Plutonium are the only fissile materials you can use to make nuclear weapons. Plutonium is made from Uranium.
It has other uses, of course, like nuclear power. But it used in nuclear weaponry.
richardsasso 2 years ago
Sorry, i was not trying to say its not used in nukes at all,
My point was that it has more practical applications that should come to mind first like power generation and in part things like nuclear medicine.
AcanLord 2 years ago
uranium is a useless materiel in my eye, it produces two wastes as a result of fission, which is worse than 1.
Nuclear fusion using H, and h2 can produce TONS of energy. with one waste. Helium
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
@lollipopbrigade you seem to be very intelligent
godofdeath25 2 years ago
Not really, I just studied this stuff not to long ago. So the facts still linger around my head
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
You don't fuse H and H2 to make Helium....that just doesn't make sense at all...
You use 2 Deuterium atoms and fuse them together to make helium......
georgiafbi 2 years ago 2
or rather 1 deuterium atom and 1 tritium atom would work best....because deuterium has 1proton and 1 neutron and tritium has 1 proton and 2 neutrons...the fusion would cause 1 neutron to be lost and you are left with 1 helium atom...
1 helium atom has 2 protons and 2 neutrons at it's nucleus
georgiafbi 2 years ago 9
I wasn't Saying you use H and h2 to Make it, I was saying you use H or H2, To make helium, You're an idiot.
And need to learn what english is.
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
H and H2 aren't the symbols for Deuterium and Tritium. You are the one that is wrong and need to get your notations straight.
First off Deuterium is 2H
Second Tritium is 3H
Get you chemistry right! :)
georgiafbi 2 years ago
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georgiafbi 2 years ago
Your chemistry*
georgiafbi 2 years ago
First off, i wasnt saying tritium, i was saying H, and h2. Hydrogen, and deuterium, Are the most common forms of hydrogen found, Therefore the most likley to be used in the fusion process. When in any of my comments did i mention tritium, tritium is also radioactive, hard to handle, expensive. Not practal I only mentioned two forms of Hydrogen H and H2, Mabye you should get your simple reading, and grammar skills correct, "Get you chemistry right!:)"<< fail by georgiafbi
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
First off I corrected my typo you FUCK FACE :)! Second that doesn't work to make helium. You need 2 Neutrons... how the fuck are you going to get 2 neutrons from HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM??? PLEASE TELL ME :).
AGAIN it is the number before the letter if you are going to represent DEUTERIUM :), THEREFORE, it is 2H :).
Now correct your CHEMISTRY >:D!
georgiafbi 2 years ago
You're clearly an idiot, One, if you use H, and H2 in a fusion you would have MULTIPLE Atoms of these two filling up space. Although with your idiocy you will still comment on this, You can't physicly get 2 atoms and fuse them, enough to fill a certain ammount of space. For yo to understand the process of a fusion Reactor Research it, I was simply saying They use H And H2 is the process of Fusion Not a single atom of both.
They use One or the Other Like is aid many time. Learn Nuclear science
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
AND YOUR NOTATIONS FOR H2 are still being misused >:D. Either put D or 2H. H2 is a diatomic molecule. :D You are a pretty good bullshitter >:D. SHOW THE MATH :). If you show me the math for your "ideas" I'll believe. I've taken ODE, PDE, Calc 1-3, linear algebra, and mathematical physics and along with quantum phy, quantum chem, modern phy..
In a star these fusion reactions happen all the time. You not only GET helium atoms but you also have different elements being born :).
georgiafbi 2 years ago
Don't try to impress me with Star Nuclear fusion, thats basicly common fact nowadays.. In a early star you start off with Hydrogen and Trace other gases During its equaliberium H is beign turned to He, h+h= he +neutrino's. there's some math for you. Don't denie this Theory, it's in almost every single astronomy book out there. neutrons are basicly just as common as Protons which is why those 2 neutrons come into picuture, Who cares for notations, I am not impressed by the classes you took
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
Did you mean (Deny*)? :D
georgiafbi 2 years ago
Look up a video on YouTube called "How Fusion Works" the YouTuber is Imecheuk
They say you need Deuterium and Tritium to create helium during fusion. Isn't this what I stated? Also look up how fusion works on HOWSTUFFWORKS(.)com
Your notations are misleading. You could make what you are saying more clear if you knew what you were talking about :D.
georgiafbi 2 years ago
You Must be retarded that is only thing about you, I never denied the fact that you can make helium with Those 2 isotopes. the fact is you cant read, You can't fuse 2 Atoms. Unless you use somthing like the LHC. but enstead they fuse Trillions of atoms in a single container beign fused, since your border-line retraded i will have to explain this in your intelligence level.
h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h+h=He(x)
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
Did you mean instead* not "enstead" :D?
You are so stupid..... H+H+H+H+H +H+H+H+H does not =helium O.O
You need high temperatures at about 15million degrees celcius or more. You didn't even add the required temperatures needed to over come the Nuclear BINDING ENERGIES in your equation. Again it's (D+T) ^n + (The Energy Equired to break the Nuclear Binding Energies) = (He)^(n/2)+mc^(2).
D stands for Deuterium
T stands for Tritium
He stands for Helium
n is the exponential amount
georgiafbi 2 years ago
@georgiafbi Lmao all you got On me is Nothing,
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
E=mc^(2) is Einstein's famous equation used to calculate the energies released after a fusion reaction.
m is the Nuclear Mass Defect
C is the speed of light
georgiafbi 2 years ago
@georgiafbi moron that's the equasion to calculate how much energy you need to travel at the speed of light
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
Now I know you have no idea what you are talking about....(think about what Einstein's Equation Really Means)
Think about why his work was so important in the developement of the Atomic Bomb! :D
Lets simplify this equation for you so you can understand.
Lets isolate the 2 isotopes of Hydrogen needed to fuse into Helium.
2H Deuterium
3H Tritium
Remember your conservation laws :D
(2H+3H)+E(binding)=He +mc^(2) +Neutron
And did you mean equation* not "equasion?" >:D
georgiafbi 2 years ago
Ran out of room also. Since helium is lighter and requires mroe energy to be a plasma, it can not be fused any further Unless in a star,
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
Did you mean more* and not "mroe?"
georgiafbi 2 years ago
Helium is lighter than what? Hydrogen O.o? Helium isn't lighter than hydrogen....
Hydrogen is approximately 1amu
Helium is approximately 4amu
Amu stands for Atomic Mass Units usually kg/mole
Wouldn't you say that 4amu >1amu???
I would think so :D
STOP bullshitting your way out of this and admit YOU ARE FAIL >:D!
georgiafbi 2 years ago
@georgiafbi ether way i meant Heavier
lollipopbrigade 2 years ago
Did you mean either* and not "ether?"
>:D
georgiafbi 2 years ago
H2 is a diatomic Non-polar Covalent molecule thank you very much LoL
KyuubiNaruto1337XD 2 years ago
He he, Steve Lidl
Roxy222uk 2 years ago
they could have used ketchup ...
asseeninYOURDREAMS 2 years ago
I think that this is very interresting. I´m a german chemist, but I never worked with radioativ metals like Uranium.
Blubber4444 2 years ago
This is depleted uranium which is not radioactive!
TheWizzardFromOS 2 years ago
Oh :o
Sorry, my english is not the best
Blubber4444 2 years ago
Depleted Uranium still has traces of radioactive Uranium235
mewrox99 2 years ago
DU IS radioactive!!!! just on a smaller level....
and the metal itself is toxic let alone the particle radiation
crinoid1919 2 years ago
In science you tend to forget the practical uses of some of the elements. Uranium is a very hard substance and if I was given a grant to explore the advantages/crystal structures, I would be looking for an even harder substance that could used as a slug, frame, or hard point for a vehicle.
525047 2 years ago
as a sign of very hard metal is the black on the surface, (I always called it carbon steel), some cars with several decades with an active systems, electrical, engine, etc, actually gain as hard, or even harder, as uranium... Great vid. this answers an exact question I posted several months ago..I asked what uranium looked like, and the trait that it is heavier metal. thanks.
boxer3main 2 years ago
the nitric acid was scarier than the uranium
Guinnie 2 years ago 14
I want to be the protagonist scientist in a million euro project.
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
lol, i would defintily get cancer from exposure to radiation....
Fenikxpikx 2 years ago
Imagine making a knife out of that stuff, real strong blade haha
HumanStrategy 2 years ago
Congrats Steve :D
ZenityChenity 2 years ago 2
LOLZ lks like i was wrong, i hav a stupid thinking since young tat uranium lks green in colour lk some radioactive substance u see on cartoons
exodia94 2 years ago
Was that concentrated HNO3 stored in a plastic container? Or have I mistaken?
porkyfish 2 years ago
So about that tray of sandwiches...are you going to finish that? I'm kinda hungry...
P00P0STER0US 2 years ago
but what does radioactive uranium look like?
shaftymcshifterson 2 years ago
@shafty: Just the same. It's just another isotope of the metal.
magick205 2 years ago
That's what I mean...!
chemiealex 2 years ago
Nothing special... it's just a silvery metal
chemiealex 2 years ago
It's not just any metal, it's uranium! I wasn't expecting any special shining, but I appreciate the info and all.
fuunguus 2 years ago
What do you mean!?!
I can't tell you more than the truth...
Almost every uranium isotope is radioactive. If you want to know more about U235: look on wikipedia or whatever!!
Also a good idea would be to search in books.
And what do you mean with "It's not just any metal, it's uranium!"
You're a genius... U IS a metal
chemiealex 2 years ago