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Crystal Structure of Uranium Oxide (U3O8)

1948; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 162; Issue: 4106 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/162070a0

1476-4687

Fredrik Grønvold,

Nuclear reactor physics and engineering

THE uranium oxide U3O8 can be obtained by heating UO2 as well as UO3 in air or oxygen to red heat. So far as we know, however, no determination of the structure of this oxide has been published; the difficulty in preparing single crystals of U3O8 may be the reason.