Probing U 5f Covalency in Uranium Compounds through Oxidant 2p Bonding

Oxidant K (1s) X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES) was used to investigate covalency in the Oxidant 2p — Uranium 5f bonds of Uranium Dioxide (UO2) and Uranium Tetrafluoride (UF4). It will be shown th...