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| Name = Uranium boride | Name = Uranium boride
| ImageFile = Magnesium-diboride-3D-balls.png | ImageFile = Magnesium-diboride-3D-balls.png
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| ImageName = Uranium boride | ImageName = Uranium boride
| OtherNames = | OtherNames =
| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers |Section1={{Chembox Identifiers
| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|??}}
| CASNo = 12007-36-2 | CASNo = 12007-36-2
| PubChem = 82795
| EC_number = 234-508-0
| ChemSpiderID = 74717
| StdInChI=1S/2B.U
| StdInChIKey = QPXOIGGWJBMJIH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
| SMILES = B##B
}} }}
| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties |Section2={{Chembox Properties
| Formula = UB<sub>2</sub> | Formula = UB<sub>2</sub>
| MolarMass = 259.651 g/mol | MolarMass = 259.651 g/mol
| Density = 12.7 g/cm<sup>3</sup> | Density = 12.7 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
| Solvent = other solvents | Solvent = other solvents
| SolubleOther = x.xx g/l | SolubleOther =
| MeltingPt = 2430 °C | MeltingPtC = 2430
| BoilingPt = }} | BoilingPt =
}}
}} }}
'''Uranium boride''' (UB<sub>2</sub>), a compound of ] and ], is a very stable ] ] material that is insoluble in water. '''Uranium boride''' (UB<sub>2</sub>), a compound of ] and ], is a very stable ] ] material that is insoluble in water.


It is being explored as a method of immobilising ] based ], and rendering it safe for long term storage. Some applications in ], a method of ] where in ] microspheres are implanted directly into the treatment site and allowed to remain for an extended period of time, may also use this class of material as it would not be attacked while '']''. It is being explored as an ingredient in ], and as a method of immobilizing ]-based ], and rendering it safe for long-term storage. It has some applications in ], a method of ] wherein ] microspheres are implanted directly into the treatment site and allowed to remain for an extended period of time, may also use this class of material as it would not be attacked while '']''.

It is being considered as a ] material as it has a high density and ]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Watkins |first1=Jennifer K. |last2=Wagner |first2=Adrian R. |last3=Gonzales |first3=Adrian |last4=Jaques |first4=Brian J. |last5=Sooby |first5=Elizabeth S. |date=2022 |title=Challenges and opportunities to alloyed and composite fuel architectures to mitigate high uranium density fuel oxidation: Uranium diboride and uranium carbide |url=https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1862689 |journal=Journal of Nuclear Materials |language=en |volume=560 |pages=153502 |doi=10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153502|bibcode=2022JNuM..56053502W |osti=1862689 |s2cid=245646534 }}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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* {{US patent reference |number= 5342283|y= 1994|m= 08|d= 30|inventor= Roger R. Good|title= Endocurietherapy}}
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* * {{cite web |url= https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cheap-safe-storage-for-ra/|title= Cheap, Safe Storage for Radioactive Materials|first= Harald|last= Franzen|date= 6 April 2001|work= Scientific American|access-date= 21 November 2011}}


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