= Uranium hexafluoride
{tag=Fluorine compound}
{title2=UF\sub[6]}
{title2=Hex}
{wiki}
This is an important man-made <uranium compound> as it is used in <uranium enrichment>.
The main reason for this is that <fluorine> only has one stable <isotope>, which allows you to pick up weight differences in <uranium isotopes> in isolation.
\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Uranium-hexafluoride-3D-vdW.png]
{title=Ball model of <uranium hexafluoride>}
{description=Hex <sublimates> at around 56.5 °C at so it can be converted to a gas relatively easily. It is then in its gas form that it is used for <uranium enrichment>}
\Image[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Uranium_hexafluoride_crystals_sealed_in_an_ampoule.jpg]
{title=<Solid> <uranium hexafluoride>.}
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