uranium

Summary

uranium is a chemical element^[1]. uranium ranks in the top 3% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,619 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• uranium is credited with the discovery of Q903801^[3].
• uranium is credited with the discovery of Martin Heinrich Klaproth^[4].
• uranium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• uranium's instance of is recorded as radioactive element^[6].
• uranium's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[7].
• Uranus is named after uranium^[8].
• uranium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [U]^[9].
• uranium's element symbol is recorded as U^[10].
• uranium's chemical formula is recorded as U^[11].
• uranium is part of period 7^[12].
• uranium is part of actinide^[13].
• uranium's Commons category is recorded as Uranium^[14].
• uranium's Unicode character is recorded as 鈾^[15].
• uranium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1789^[16].
• uranium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1789^[17].
• uranium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Uranium^[18].
• uranium's Commons gallery is recorded as Uranium^[19].
• uranium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+92'}^[20].
• uranium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.38'}^[21].
• uranium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• uranium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• uranium's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[24].
• uranium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• uranium's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox uranium^[26].
• uranium's has characteristic is recorded as radioactivity^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[5], radioactive element^[6], and lithophile^[7].

Origins

Uranus is named after uranium^[8].

Use and Application

Part of include period 7^[12], a period^[28] and actinide^[13], a chemical series^[29].

Influence

Things named for uranium include uraninite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; uranophane^[32], a mineral species^[33]; uranocircite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; vanuralite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; znucalite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; umohoite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; althupite^[42], a mineral species^[43]; and bauranoite^[44], a mineral species^[45].

Why It Matters

uranium ranks in the top 3% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,619 views/month).^[2] uranium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] uranium is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for uranium include uraninite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; uranophane^[32], a mineral species^[33]; uranocircite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; vanuralite^[36], a mineral species^[37]; znucalite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; and umohoite^[40], a mineral species^[41].