Solved: ?Uranium hexafluoride, UF6, is processed to produce fuel for nuclear reactors

Chapter 4, Problem 4.91

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Uranium hexafluoride, UF6, is processed to produce fuel for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. UF6 is made from the reaction of elemental uranium with ClF3, which also produces Cl2 as a by-product.

(a) Write the balanced molecular equation for the conversion of U and ClF3 into UF6 and Cl2.

(b) Is this a metathesis reaction?

(c) Is this a redox reaction?

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