Uranium trioxide

  • Formula: UO3
  • Hill system formula: O3U1
  • CAS registry number: [1344-58-7]
  • Formula weight: 286.027
  • Class: oxide
  • Colour: orange-yellow
  • Appearance: crystalline solid
  • Melting point: (decomposes to U3O8)
  • Boiling point:
  • Density: 7300 kg m-3

The following are some synonyms of uranium trioxide:

  • uranium trioxide
  • uranium(VI) oxide
  • uranium oxide

The oxidation number of uranium in uranium trioxide is 6.

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

  • Geometry of uranium:
  • Prototypical structure:
Crystal structure of uranium trioxide.
Crystal structure of uranium trioxide.

Element analysis

The table shows element percentages for UO3 (uranium trioxide).

Element %
O 16.78
U 83.22

Isotope pattern for UO3

The chart below shows the calculated isotope pattern for the formula UO3 with the most intense ion set to 100%.

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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  • 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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  • J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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