地质中的时间尺度资料.pptVIP

Cross-cutting relationships in sedimentary rocks allow is to date the relative timing of events such as faulting and igneous intrusion The Geologic Time Scale …..is still under construction Life began only 2500 Ma Radioactive Dating Methods Mining Uranium Oxide U3O8 U-238 99.3%, U-235 0.7% Milling crushed soaked in sulfuric acid Yellow Cake U3O8 CONVERSION: yellowcake is heated to about 147 F, converted into uranium hexafluoride gas (UF6). ENRICHMENT:The UF6 gas centrifuged heavier U-238 moves outside U-235 concentrates inward Convert to UO2 powder Nuclear Reactors: enriched 3-5% U-235