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Treatment of uranium with hydrochloric or hydrobromic acid produces an adherent layer of hydride on the metal surface. When this hydride is decomposed by heat in a vacuum, the resulting metal surface reacts immediately with hydrogen at ambient temperature.
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Silver, G.L. Activation of uranium metal. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 103, 199–202 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02166566
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02166566