Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) referred to as hex in the nuclear industry is a compound used in the uranium enrichment process that produces fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. It forms solid grey crystals at standard temperature and pressure is highly toxic reacts violently with water and is corrosive to most metals. It reacts mildly with aluminium forming a thin surface layer of AlF3 that resists further reaction.
