Uraninite properties

Uraninite as a mineral received considerable attention in the 1940s and 1950s, and much of this mineralogy has been reviewed by Frondel. More recent studies have concentrated on its properties in the nuclear ceramics field. Much of the em-... 

Bayushkin and Il menev described some microscopic crystals from the U.S.S.R. More commonly, it is disseminated as a very fine black powder. Its association with organic matter masks its true properties, as it is usually only observable under the microscope. Like uraninite, stoichiometric USi04 is prob-... 

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