Triuranium octoxide

Triuranium octoxide

Names
Other names Uranium(V,VI) oxide Pitchblende C.I. 77919
Identifiers
CAS Number	1344-59-8^Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChemSpider	10142128
ECHA InfoCard	100.014.275
EC Number	215-702-4
PubChem CID	11968241
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID60893930
InChI InChI=1S/8O.3U Key: IQWPWKFTJFECBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES [O].[O].[O].[O].[O].[O].[O].[O].[U].[U].[U]
Properties
Chemical formula	U3O8
Molar mass	842.08 g/mol
Melting point	1,150 °C (2,100 °F; 1,420 K)
Boiling point	decomposes to UO2 at 1,300 °C (2,370 °F; 1,570 K)
Solubility in other solvents	Insoluble in water; Soluble in nitric and sulfuric acids.
Thermochemistry
Std molar entropy (S^⦵298)	282 J·mol^−1·K^−1[1]
Std enthalpy of formation (ΔfH^⦵298)	−3575 kJ·mol^−1[1]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Pictograms
Signal word	Danger
Hazard statements	H300, H330, H373, H411
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). N 9l9 987ood79769&page2=Triuranium+octoxide verify (what is ^YN ?) Infobox references

Triuranium octoxide (U₃O₈)^[2] is a compound of uranium. It is present as an olive green to black, odorless solid. It is one of the more popular forms of yellowcake and is shipped between mills and refineries in this form.

U₃O₈ has potential long-term stability in a geologic environment. In the presence of oxygen (O₂), uranium dioxide (UO₂) is oxidized to U₃O₈, whereas uranium trioxide (UO₃) loses oxygen at temperatures above 500 °C and is reduced to U₃O₈. The compound can be produced by any one of three primary chemical conversion processes, involving either uranium tetrafluoride (UF₄) or uranyl fluoride (UO₂F₂) as intermediates. It is generally considered to be the more attractive form for disposal purposes because, under normal environmental conditions, U₃O₈ is one of the most kinetically and thermodynamically stable forms of uranium. Its particle density is 8.3 g cm⁻³.^{[citation needed]}

Triuranium octoxide is converted to uranium hexafluoride for the purpose of uranium enrichment.^{[citation needed]}

Solid state structure

The solid is a layered structure where the layers are bridged by oxygen atoms, each layer contains uranium atoms which are in different coordination environments.^{[citation needed]}

Bond valence study

Using a 6Å × 6Å × 6Å box with the uranium atom in the centre, the bond valence calculation was performed for both U1 and U2 in solid. It was found, using the parameters for U(VI), that the calculated oxidation states for U1 and U2 are 5.11 and 5.10. Using the parameters for U(IV), the calculated oxidation states are 5.78 and 5.77 for U1 and U2, respectively. These studies suggests that all the uranium atoms have the same oxidation state, so that the oxidation states are disordered through the lattice.^{[citation needed]}

Other studies have shown evidence that a two U⁵⁺ and a single U⁶⁺, or other similar combinations, may be a more correct representation.^[3]

References

1. Zumdahl, Steven S. (2009). Chemical Principles 6th Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. A23. ISBN 978-0-618-94690-7.
2. "triuranium octaoxide". webbook.nist.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
3. Huang, Zhiyuan; Ma, Lidong; Zhang, Jianbao; Zhou, Qing; Yang, Lei; Wang, Haifeng (December 2022). "First-principles study of elastic and thermodynamic properties of UO2, γ-UO3 and α-U3O8". Journal of Nuclear Materials. 572: 154084. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.154084.