Uranyl salts are toxic and can cause severe chronic kidney disease and acute tubular necrosis. Target organs include the kidneys, liver, lungs and brain. Uranyl ion accumulation in tissues including gonocytes produces congenital disorders, and in white blood cells causes immune system damage. Uranyl compounds are also neurotoxins. Uranyl ion contamination has been found on and around depleted uranium targets.
Does Uranium decay when it’s in compounds with other elements? What happens to the bonds when it turns into some other element? What happens to the compound?
Chemical bonds can affect decay rates IIRC, but it’s not usually a huge difference. The nucleus is still going to be unstable. It definitely changes the molecule (and might break it)
I was reading about some terribly unholy chemistry once where the researchers wanted to make a molecule but it just wouldn’t happen. So they instead made it with a radioactive isotope of a heavier element, then as it decays the molecule becomes their desired product.
i dont know, but since it is produced in a stage of uranium enrichmet, and chemists have a worrying tendency to accidentally taste stuff, I am convinced there’s someone out there who knows.
DisguisedJoker@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What would this taste like?
Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Looks like someone tried:
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
Decay
adj16@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Does Uranium decay when it’s in compounds with other elements? What happens to the bonds when it turns into some other element? What happens to the compound?
Natanael@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Chemical bonds can affect decay rates IIRC, but it’s not usually a huge difference. The nucleus is still going to be unstable. It definitely changes the molecule (and might break it)
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 6 months ago
I was reading about some terribly unholy chemistry once where the researchers wanted to make a molecule but it just wouldn’t happen. So they instead made it with a radioactive isotope of a heavier element, then as it decays the molecule becomes their desired product.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decay_technique
model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Green Skittles
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
and then blood.
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 6 months ago
That’s the aftertaste. Comes after quite a while.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Peroxide and dead mouth flesh.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 6 months ago
i dont know, but since it is produced in a stage of uranium enrichmet, and chemists have a worrying tendency to accidentally taste stuff, I am convinced there’s someone out there who knows.