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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Boncella, J. Uranium gets a reaction. Nature 451, 250–251 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451250a
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