Uranium metallurgy

In materials science and materials engineering, uranium metallurgy is the study of the physical and chemical behavior of uranium and its alloys.

Commercial-grade uranium can be produced through the reduction of uranium halides with alkali or alkaline earth metals. Uranium metal can also be made through electrolysis of KUF₅ or UF₄, dissolved in a molten CaCl₂ and NaCl. Very pure uranium can be produced through the thermal decomposition of uranium halides on a hot filament.