Plutonium

94
Pu
Gruppe
n/a
Periode
7
Blok
f
Protoner
Elektroner
Neutroner
94
94
150
Generelle Egenskaber
Atomnummer
94
Atommasse
[244]
Masseantal
244
Kategori
Actinider
Farve
Sølv
Radioaktiv
Ja
Named after the planet Pluto
Krystalstruktur
Simpel Monoklin
Historie
Plutonium was first produced in 1940 by Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin M. McMillan, Joseph W. Kennedy and Arthur Wahl.

Plutonium-238 was produced by deuteron bombardment of uranium-238 in the 60-inch cyclotron at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Berkeley team made neptunium-238 which decayed to plutonium-238.
Elektroner i hver skal
2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2
Elektronkonfiguration
[Rn] 5f6 7s2
Pu
The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 had a plutonium core
Fysiske Egenskaber
Tilstandsform
Fast stof
Massefylde
19,816 g/cm3
Smeltepunkt
912,55 K | 639,4 °C | 1182,92 °F
Kogepunkt
3501,15 K | 3228 °C | 5842,4 °F
Smeltevarme
n/a
Fordampningsvarme
325 kJ/mol
Varmefylde
-
Forekomst i jordskorpen
n/a
Forekomst i universet
n/a
A
Billede akkrediteringer: Wikimedia Commons (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
A ring of weapons-grade 99.96% pure electrorefined plutonium, enough for one bomb core
CAS-nummer
7440-07-5
PubChem CID-nummer
23940
Atomare egenskaber
Atomradius
159 pm
Kovalent radius
187 pm
Elektronegativitet
1,28 (Paulings skala)
Ioniseringspotentiale
6,0262 eV
Atomvolumen
12,32 cm3/mol
Varmeledningsevne
0,0674 W/cm·K
Oxidationstrin
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Anvendelser
The isotope plutonium-239 is a key fissile component in nuclear weapons, due to its ease of fission and availability.

Plutonium-238 has also been used successfully to power artificial heart pacemakers, to reduce the risk of repeated surgery.

Plutonium-238 mixed with beryllium is used to generate neutrons for research purposes.
Plutonium is harmful due to its radioactivity
Isotoper
Stabile isotoper
-
Ustabile isotoper
228Pu, 229Pu, 230Pu, 231Pu, 232Pu, 233Pu, 234Pu, 235Pu, 236Pu, 237Pu, 238Pu, 239Pu, 240Pu, 241Pu, 242Pu, 243Pu, 244Pu, 245Pu, 246Pu, 247Pu