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Plutonium–gallium–cobalt alloy (PuCoGa 5) is an unconventional superconductor, showing superconductivity below 18.5 K, an order of magnitude higher than the highest between heavy fermion systems, and has large critical current. [46] [50] Plutonium–zirconium alloy can be used as nuclear fuel. [51]
Various oxidation states of plutonium in solution. Plutonium compounds are compounds containing the element plutonium (Pu). At room temperature, pure plutonium is silvery in color but gains a tarnish when oxidized. [1] The element displays four common ionic oxidation states in aqueous solution and one rare one: [2] Pu(III), as Pu 3+ (blue lavender)
plutonium: 94: 1bc: Has no known biological role, and is extremely rare in the Earth's crust. The isotope plutonium-238 is used as an energy source in some heart pacemakers. [11] Both toxic and radioactive. polonium: 84: 1b: Has no known biological role, and due to its short half-life, is nearly nonexistent outside of research facilities. [11]
The demon core (like the core used in the bombing of Nagasaki) was, when assembled, a solid 6.2-kilogram (14 lb) sphere measuring 8.9 centimeters (3.5 in) in diameter.. It consisted of three parts made of plutonium-gallium: two hemispheres and an anti-jet ring, designed to keep neutron flux from "jetting" out of the joined surface between the hemispheres during implosi
Fission product yields by mass for thermal neutron fission of U-235 and Pu-239 (the two typical of current nuclear power reactors) and U-233 (used in the thorium cycle). This page discusses each of the main elements in the mixture of fission products produced by nuclear fission of the common nuclear fuels uranium and plutonium.
The presence of these many allotropes makes machining plutonium very difficult, as it changes state very readily. For example, the alpha (α) phase exists at room temperature in unalloyed plutonium. It has machining characteristics similar to cast iron but changes to the beta (β) phase at slightly higher temperatures.
Plutonocene, Pu(C 8 H 8) 2, is an organoplutonium compound composed of a plutonium atom sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraenide (COT 2-) rings.It is a dark red, very air-sensitive solid that is sparingly soluble in toluene and chlorocarbons.
When heated to 150–180 °C, it decomposes with autooxidation to plutonium (VI) with the formation of plutonyl nitrate (PuO 2 (NO 3) 2).Upon evaporation of concentrated nitric acid solutions of plutonium nitrate and alkali metal nitrates, double nitrates of the composition M 2 [Pu(NO 3) 6] are formed, where M = Cs +, Rb +, K +, Tl +, NH 4 +, analogous to ceric ammonium nitrate.