Uranium fluoride
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Uranium fluoride can refer to:
- Uranium trifluoride, UF3
- Uranium tetrafluorideUranium tetrafluorideUranium tetrafluoride is a green crystalline solid compound of uranium with an insignificant vapor pressure and very slight solubility in water. Uranium in its tetravalent state is very important in different technological processes...
, UF4 - Uranium pentafluorideUranium pentafluorideUranium pentafluoride an inorganic chemical consisting of uranium and fluorine. The compound exists both as individual UF5 molecular entities and with extended order in several crystal-lattice forms. The monomer, formed by photolysis of uranium hexafluoride, has a square pyramidal geometry...
, UF5 - Uranium hexafluorideUranium hexafluorideUranium hexafluoride , referred to as "hex" in the nuclear industry, is a compound used in the uranium enrichment process that produces fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. It forms solid grey crystals at standard temperature and pressure , is highly toxic, reacts violently with water...
, UF6 - Tetrauranium heptadecafluoride, U4F17
- Tetrauranium octadecafluoride, U4F18