The present work presents the results of investigating oxide compounds of uranium obtained in thermodynamic field over the past few years. There is realized crystal chemistry systematization of studied compounds. The temperature dependences of heat capacities at constant pressure for 27 compounds in a temperature interval from 7 to 350 K and for 10 compounds between 80 and 350 K were studied in an adiabatic vacuum calorimeter. The standard enthalpies of formation at T=298.15 K of 200 inorganic compounds were determined first by the method of reaction calorimetry. Several mathematical models having a predictive power and describing the behavior of compounds in "precipitate-solution", "crystal-liquid" and "individual phase-solid solution" systems were suggested. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.