{"product_id":"uranium-compounds-isotopes-applications-9781606925737","title":"Uranium: Compounds, Isotopes \u0026 Applications","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany contemporary uses of uranium exploit its unique nuclear properties. Uranium-235 has the distinction of being the only naturally occurring fissile isotope. Uranium-238 is both fissionable by fast neutrons, and fertile (capable of being transmuted to fissile plutonium-239 in a nuclear reactor). An artificial fissile isotope, uranium-233, can be produced from natural thorium and is also important in nuclear technology. While uranium-238 has a small probability to fission spontaneously or when bombarded with fast neutrons, the much higher probability of uranium-235 and to a lesser degree uranium-233 to fission when bombarded with slow neutrons generates the heat in nuclear reactors used as a source of power, and provides the fissile material for nuclear weapons. Both uses rely on the ability of uranium to produce a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Depleted uranium (uranium-238) is used in kinetic energy penetrators and armour plating. This important book presents new research in the field.","brand":"Nova Science Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48886696902999,"sku":"9781606925737","price":248.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uranium-compounds-isotopes-applications-9781606925737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}