H27 Chemistry
Uranium-235
Uranium was discovered in the year 1789 by a German Chemist who goes by the name Martin Klaproth. Uranium was named after the planet Uranus, which it turns out, was only discovered 8 years Earlier then Uranium. In 1896 Henri Antonine discovered that Uranium was a Radioactive
element, But years before this it was isolated to remove other compounds within it. Uranium has an atomic Number of 92, and an atomic weight of 238.0289. Uranium is a heavy, lustrous, silvery-white metal, capable of taking a high polish.
