The Environmental and Health Risks Posed by Depleted Uranium

Depleted Uranium - Properties and Usage

52 Seiten

2011
Dictus Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-8443-6419-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Uranium (U) is a heavy metal. Uranium is easily oxidized in air and U metal is therefore coated with a layer of U oxides, U is therefore present mainly as oxides in the environment. Natural U is weakly radioactive and contains the radioisotopes U-234, U- 235 and U-238. All U isotopes have a very long half-live and decay to many other radioisotopes, called progeny. The decay of U finally results in stable isotopes of lead (Burkhart, 1991; Choppin et al., 1966).

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Umweltgefährdung • Uran
• ISBN-10: 3-8443-6419-6 / 3844364196
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8443-6419-4 / 9783844364194
• Zustand: Neuware