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'''Plutonium''' is a Actinide metal.
 
'''Plutonium''' is a Actinide metal.
 
It has a Monoclinic crystalline structure.
 
It has a Monoclinic crystalline structure.
It does not have any isotopes considered to be natural.  Its longest-lived known isotope has an atomic number of 244.   
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It does not have any isotopes considered to be natural.  Its longest-lived known isotope has an atomic number of 244 with a half-life is 80 million years.<ref> CRC HANDBOOK of CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS 64TH EDITION (c)1983, page B-309 </ref> .   
This element has no stable isotopes.   
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This element has no stable isotopes. Plutonium 239 can be blended with Uranium 238 to make a mixed oxide fuel for electrical power production.<ref> [http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf13.html ''Military Warheads as a Source of Nuclear Fuel'', World Nuclear Association] </ref>  Mixed oxide fuel with 7% plutonium 239 and the balance mainly Uranium 238 is equivalent to uranium oxide fuel with about 4.5% uranium 235 enrichment.<ref> [http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf29.html ''Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel'', World Nuclear Association] </ref>  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:51, 30 May 2011

Plutonium
Pu
In situ availability:
Necessity:
Atomic number: 94
Atomic mass: [244]
group: 19
period: N/A
normal phase: Solid
series: Actinide
density: 19.816 g/cm3
melting point: 912.5K,
639.4°C,
1182.9°F
boiling point: 3505K,
3228°C,
5842°F
PmSmEu
Np ← Pu → Am
N/AN/AN/A
Atomic radius (pm): 175
Bohr radius (pm):
Covalent radius (pm):
Van der Waals radius (pm):
ionic radius (pm): (+4) 86
1st ion potential (eV): 6.06
Electron Configuration
1s2
2s2 2p6
3s2 3p6 3d10
4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14
5s2 5p6 5d10 5f6
6s2 6p6
7s2
Electrons Per Shell
2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2
Electronegativity: 1.3
Electron Affinity: -
Oxidation states: 6, 5, 4, 3
Magnetism: ?
Crystal structure: Monoclinic

Plutonium is a Actinide metal. It has a Monoclinic crystalline structure. It does not have any isotopes considered to be natural. Its longest-lived known isotope has an atomic number of 244 with a half-life is 80 million years.[1] . This element has no stable isotopes. Plutonium 239 can be blended with Uranium 238 to make a mixed oxide fuel for electrical power production.[2] Mixed oxide fuel with 7% plutonium 239 and the balance mainly Uranium 238 is equivalent to uranium oxide fuel with about 4.5% uranium 235 enrichment.[3]

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