Thought I'd add this little factoid; it is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the first person to isolate uranium metal (which he did in 1841).
*Modern society seems to be overly keen to celebrate celebrity. As least, let our community celebrate those who really contributed to our modern world!*
Eugène Melchior Péligot - b. 24th Feb. 1811.
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Re: Eugène Melchior Péligot - b. 24th Feb. 1811.
U metal is not a trivial separation, chemically. High purity is very difficult to obtain.
U metal is just not traded in the market at all. All bulk U is sold and traded in the market place as the oxide only.
Richard Hull
U metal is just not traded in the market at all. All bulk U is sold and traded in the market place as the oxide only.
Richard Hull
Progress may have been a good thing once, but it just went on too long. - Yogi Berra
Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
The more complex the idea put forward by the poor amateur, the more likely it will never see embodiment
Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
The more complex the idea put forward by the poor amateur, the more likely it will never see embodiment