Name : Uranium
Symbol : U
Atomic Number : 92
Atomic Weight : 238.0289
Specific Heat : 0.12 J/gK
Melting Point : 1132°C
Vaporization : 477.0 kJ/mol
Boiling Point : 3818°C
Electronegativity : 1.38
Density@293 K : 18.9 g/cm³
Discovered : Martin Klaproth, Germany, 1789
Description : Silvery-white, dense, ductile, malleable, radioactive metal.
Uses : For many centuries it was used as a pigment for glass. Now it is used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and in bombs.