Uranium has a lot of cool facts about it! Let's list a few!
- Uranium is named after the new planet- at the time- Uranus!
- Uranium is not just dangerous because of it's radioactivity but it's also because it is chemically poisonous!
- "Yellowcake" is a step used in refining pure Uranium. Yellowcake is what remains after drying and filtering. The yellowcake produced by most modern mills is actually brown or black, not yellow; the name comes from the color and texture of the concentrates produced by early mining operations.
- Uranium is used to color stained glass windows!
- Uranium is a poor conductor!
- In addition to being weakly radioactive, uranium is also deemed a toxic metal and over exposure can affect the normal functioning of our vital organs.