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Uranium compounds: diuranium pentoxide

The uranium in diuranium pentoxide formally is in the oxidation state 5.

Diuranium pentoxide

Formula as often written: U₂O₅
Hill system formula: O₅U₂
CAS registry number: [12065-66-6]
Formula weight: 556.055
Class: oxide

Synonyms

diuranium pentoxide
uranium(V) oxide
uranium oxide

Physical properties

Colour: black
Appearance:
Melting point:
Boiling point:
Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in diuranium pentoxide
Element	%
O	14.39
U	85.61

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the U₂O₅ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: U₂O₅

mass  %
550   0.0 
551   0.0 
552   0.0 
553   1.5 _
554   0.0 
555   0.0 
556 100.0 __________________________________________________
557   0.2 
558   1.0 
559   0.0 
560   0.0

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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