The conditions of precipitating ammonium diuranate (ADU) and uranium peroxide (UPO) from uranyl nitrate (UNH), the temperature of thermal decomposition and the rate and duration of heating were studied in order to estimate the reactivity of uranouranic oxide, U
3O
8 I, II and III which was prepared from UNH, ADU and UPO.
The results were as follows:
(1) The concentration of uranyl ion, the addition speed of precipitant, the stirring condition, etc. had some effects on the specific surface area of U
3O
8 II and III, but almost no effects on the width of X-ray diffraction spectra of these oxides.
(2) The high reactivity of U
3O
8 I prepared by rapid heating may be due to the formation of amorphous U
3 I on the way of thermal decomposition of UNH.
(3) The low chemical reactivity of U
3O
8 III prepared by very slow heating was also explained as the result of the formation of monoclinic crystalline U
3 III.
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