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/sci/, I got a hold of an entire mole of Uranium 238, what do I do with it?

I have it in a big ziplock back to stop the radon from escaping from the decay.

>> No.2113871

thats useless. u'd need u235 to have fun.

>> No.2113877

>>2113871
>Implying you could ever induce a fission reaction even if you did have u-235

>> No.2113879

make some guacamole

>> No.2113886

>>2113871
>U-235

anything larger than 6 inches in diameter fisses into a nuclear reaction, are you dumb kid?

btw: for those of /sci/ who doesn't know what a Mole is.

It is 6.02x10^23 # of atoms. The atomic mass is equal to that number of atoms in that many grams

So if I have a mole of U-238, then I have 238 grams of Uranium, which is that many atoms in that many grams

>> No.2113893

btw, The person I got it from told me to keep it in a lead box.

So I have to go find a lead box now, even though Alpha particles don't penetrate my skin, I don't know why

>> No.2113901

My clueless room mate accuses me of giving him cancer and that I am making a nuke.

I told him to l2n Nuclear chemistry, he says if I don't get a box like the guy said then he is going to toss it in the garbage

>> No.2113911

>implying that a zip-lock bag will stop the Radon from escaping or hurting you

>> No.2113913

Why in the world would you want or need a mole of uranium OP?

>> No.2113918

Not much, OP. I guess you could eat it if you want to die. Can't make a nuke with 238, and even if it was 235 you still wouldn't have enough of it.

>> No.2113921

I thought it would be cool to have on my dresser. Uranium is my favorite element. What better to get a mole of it.

>> No.2113929

>>2113921
What is uranium even good for, though; pretty lame favorite element IMO.

>> No.2113933

>>2113921
plutonium

>> No.2113936

>>2113929
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-238

You're right, not much except energy and weapons

>> No.2113937

Mercury is my favorite element. However, I keep it in the form of cinnabar until I so desire to do SCIENCE with it.

>> No.2113951

>>2113936
...also kinetic armor, shielding against radiation. Not to mention for coloration of glass.

>> No.2113964

>>2113893
>lead box

yea you should probably do this asap OP. While they won't necessarily penetrate skin, having alpha particles and radon flying around everywhere is...messy, to say the least. It will also help calm your room mate down.

>> No.2113970

Oh yes I remember the Glass bit now.

I could powder some uranium metal and mix it into hot glass and make a drinking glass out of it. It glows in UV light

>> No.2114050

bamp