Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Triuranium octoxide (U3O8) is a compound of uranium. It is present as an olive green to black odorless solid. It is one of the more popular forms of yellowcake and is shipped between mills and refineries in this form.Triuranium octoxide occurs naturally as the olive-green-colored mineral pitchblende. U3O8 has potential long-term stability in a geologic environment.