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Uranium gets a reaction

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The most common form of uranium in solution is notoriously unreactive, limiting the use of the element. But interactions of this complex with potassium ions unleash a potentially rich seam of unexpected chemistry

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Figure 1: Uranyl-ion reaction induced by metal ions.

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