• DarkCloud@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    5 days ago

    That picture is NOT Uranium:

    Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table.

    • bisby@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      That picture is uranium though? In the picture it has yellow oxides forming on the outside.

      In the same way that if someone posted a picture of a rusty piece of iron, we’d still say it was iron, even though iron is a silvery-grey metal, but in the picture, it would be reddish/brown.