Plutonium
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Plutonium | |
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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 |
Pm ← Sm → Eu | |
Np ← Pu → Am | |
N/A ← N/A → N/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]
References
- ↑ CRC HANDBOOK of CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS 64TH EDITION (c)1983, page B-309
- ↑ Military Warheads as a Source of Nuclear Fuel, World Nuclear Association
- ↑ Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel, World Nuclear Association
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