:Uranyl sulfate

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| Name = Uranyl sulfate

| ImageFile1 =

{{chem2|O\dU\dO[SO4]}}

| ImageNameL1 = Ball-and-stick model of the uranyl cation

| ImageSizeL1 = 135px

| ImageFileR1 = Sulfate-3D-balls.png

| ImageNameR1 = Ball-and-stick model of the sulfate anion

| ImageSizeR1 = 85px

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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| index_label=anhydrous:

| index1_label=monohdyrate:

| index2_label=dihdyrate:

| index3_label=trihdyrate:

| index5_label=pentahydrate:

| CASNo = 1314-64-3

| CASNo3 = 20910-28-5

| ChemSpiderID = 14131

| EC_number = 215-240-3

| PubChem = 14815

| PubChem1 = 129703883

| PubChem2 = 129772678

| PubChem3 = 71587042

| PubChem5 = 129763198

| UNII3 = 63MHT04U9C

| UNNumber = 2909

| StdInChI=1S/H2O4S.2O.U/c1-5(2,3)4;;;/h(H2,1,2,3,4);;;/q;;;+2/p-2

| StdInChIKey = XEZIPWHQHLVFHG-UHFFFAOYSA-L

| SMILES = [O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-].O=[U+2]=O

| InChI1=1S/H2O4S.H2O.2O.U/c1-5(2,3)4;;;;/h(H2,1,2,3,4);1H2;;;/q;;;;+2/p-2

| InChIKey1 = GSSXPGLZRCAGDP-UHFFFAOYSA-L

| SMILES1 = O.[O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-].O=[U+2]=O

| InChI2=1S/H2O4S.2H2O.2O.U/c1-5(2,3)4;;;;;/h(H2,1,2,3,4);2*1H2;;;/q;;;;;+2/p-2

| InChIKey2 = PJGZKVQRFYKDMB-UHFFFAOYSA-L

| SMILES2 = O.O.[O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-].O=[U+2]=O

| InChI3=1S/H2O4S.3H2O.2O.U/c1-5(2,3)4;;;;;;/h(H2,1,2,3,4);3*1H2;;;/q;;;;2*-2;/p-2

| InChIKey3 = SBCFBOOTSWECOA-UHFFFAOYSA-L

| SMILES3 = O.O.O.[O-2].[O-2].[O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-].[U]

| InChI5=1S/H2O4S.5H2O.2O.U/c1-5(2,3)4;;;;;;;;/h(H2,1,2,3,4);5*1H2;;;/q;;;;;;;;+2/p-2

| InChIKey5 = FJVCKQOAEFENSP-UHFFFAOYSA-L

| SMILES5 = O.O.O.O.O.[O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-].O=[U+2]=O

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Formula = UO2SO4

| MolarMass = 366.09 g/mol

| Density = 3.28 g/cm3 @ 20 °C

| Solvent =

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| BoilingPt =

| Solubility = 27.5 g/100 mL in water at 25 °C

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|Section8={{Chembox Related

| OtherCations =

| OtherAnions = Uranyl chloride
Uranyl nitrate
Uranyl carbonate

| OtherCompounds = Uranium dioxide

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Uranyl sulfate describes a family of inorganic compounds with the formula UO2SO4(H2O)n. These salts consist of sulfate, the uranyl ion, and water. They are lemon-yellow solids. Uranyl sulfates are intermediates in some extraction methods used for uranium ores.{{Ullmann|doi=10.1002/14356007.a27_281.pub2|title=Uranium, Uranium Alloys, and Uranium Compounds|year=2007|last1=Peehs|first1= Martin|last2=Walter|first2=Thomas|last3=Walter|first3=Sabine|last4=Zemek|first4=Martin}} These compounds can also take the form of an anhydrous salt.

Structure

The structure of UO2(SO4)(H2O)3.5 is illustrative of the uranyl sulfates. The trans-UO22+ centers are encased in a pentagonal bipyramidal coordination sphere. In the pentagonal plane are five oxygen ligands derived from sulfate and aquo ligands. The compound is a coordination polymer.{{cite journal|doi=10.1021/ic50190a075|title=Structure of a New Uranyl Sulfate Hydrate α-2UO2SO4.7H2O|year=1978|last1=Zalkin|first1=Allan|last2=Ruben|first2=Helena|last3=Templeton|first3=David H.|journal=Inorganic Chemistry|volume=17|issue=12|pages=3701–3702}}

Uses

Aside from the large scale use in mining, uranyl sulfate finds some use as a negative stain in microscopy and tracer in biology. The Aqueous Homogeneous Reactor experiment, constructed in 1951, circulated a fuel composed of 565 grams of U-235 enriched to 14.7% in the form of uranyl sulfate.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

The acid process of milling uranium ores involves precipitating uranyl sulfate from the pregnant leaching solution to produce the semi-refined product referred to as yellowcake.{{cite web|title=Metallurgy|url=http://www.mqes-uranium.com/metallurgy.html|publisher=MQes Uranium Inc.|access-date=2 June 2012}}

Related compounds

  • the hydrogensulfate.{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/ejic.201100975|title=Oleum and Sulfuric Acid as Reaction Media: The Actinide Examples UO2(S2O7)-lt (Low temperature), UO2(S2O7)-ht (High temperature), UO2(HSO4)2, An(SO4)2 (An = Th, U), Th4(HSO4)2(SO4)7 and Th(HSO4)2(SO4)|year=2012|last1=Betke|first1= Ulf|last2=Wickleder|first2=Mathias S.|journal=European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry|volume=2012|issue=2|pages=306–317}}
  • potassium uranyl sulfate, K2UO2(SO4)2, is a double salt used by Henri Becquerel in his discovery of radioactivity.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

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