Uranium
Uranium metal heated to 250 to 300 degC (482 to 572 degF) reacts with hydrogen to form uranium hydride. Even higher temperatures will reversibly remove the hydrogen. This property makes uranium hydrides convenient starting materials to create reactive uranium powder along with various uranium carbide, nitride, and halide compounds. Two crystal modifications of uranium hydride exist: an a form that is obtained at low temperatures and a b form that is created when the formation temperature is above 250 degC.
Along with uranium carbide and halide, what type of compound is often created with uranium hydride?
nitride
This property makes uranium hydrides convenient starting materials to create reactive uranium powder along with various uranium carbide, nitride, and halide compounds.
uranium hydride