1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Pu
1.2 Group Number
1.3 Period Number
1.4 Block
f block
1.5 Element Family
Actinide
1.6 CAS Number
7440075
Rank: 72 (Overall) ▶
7429905
54386242
1.7 Space Group Name
P121/m1
1.8 Space Group Number
11.00
Rank: 13 (Overall) ▶
11
229
2 Facts
2.1 Interesting Facts
- Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
- Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
2.2 Sources
Mining, Ores of metals
2.3 History
2.3.1 Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan
2.3.2 Discovery
In Between 1940 1941
2.4 Abundance
2.4.1 Abundance In Universe
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
5E-09
0.11
2.4.2 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1E-08
0.1
2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.7E-07
22
2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
9.9E-12
8.1
2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2E-23
1.1
2.4.6 Abundance In Humans
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1E-13
1.4
3 Uses
3.1 Uses & Benefits
- Plutonium was used in atomic bombs and still it is being used in various weapons and Ammunition industry.
-
It is also used in nuclear power plant as source of energy for space missions.
3.1.1 Industrial Uses
Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry
3.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
3.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
3.2 Biological Properties
3.2.1 Toxicity
Toxic
3.2.2 Present in Human Body
✔
✘
7% - Actinide Series Metals have it !
▶
3.2.3 In Blood
0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 37 (Overall) ▶
0
1970
3.2.4 In Bone
0.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 36 (Overall) ▶
0
170000
4 Physical
4.1 Melting Point
639.50 °C
Rank: 63 (Overall) ▶
27
3410
4.2 Boiling Point
3,235.00 °C
Rank: 24 (Overall) ▶
147
5660
4.3 Appearance
4.3.1 Physical State
Solid
4.3.2 Color
Silvery White
4.3.3 Luster
NA
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Mohs Hardness
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.2
8.5
4.4.2 Brinell Hardness
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.14
3490
4.4.3 Vickers Hardness
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
121
3430
4.5 Speed of Sound
2,260.00 m/s
Rank: 41 (Overall) ▶
818
16200
4.6 Optical Properties
4.6.1 Refractive Index
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.000933
1.7229
4.6.2 Reflectivity
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
58
97
4.7 Allotropes
✔
✘
No - Actinide Series Metals has it !
▶
4.7.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
4.7.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
4.7.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
5 Chemical
5.1 Chemical Formula
Pu
5.2 Isotopes
5.2.1 Known Isotopes
5.3 Electronegativity
5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
1.28
Rank: 33 (Overall) ▶
0.7
2.54
5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.22
2.56
5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.22
Rank: 26 (Overall) ▶
0.86
1.82
5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.62
2.48
5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.659
2.7
5.4 Electropositivity
5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
2.72
Rank: 21 (Overall) ▶
1.46
3.3
5.5 Ionization Energies
5.5.1 1st Energy Level
584.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 61 (Overall) ▶
375.7
26130
5.5.2 2nd Energy Level
1,128.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 72 (Overall) ▶
710.2162
28750
5.5.3 3rd Energy Level
2,084.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 71 (Overall) ▶
1600
34230
5.5.4 4th Energy Level
3,338.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 59 (Overall) ▶
2780
37066
5.5.5 5th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
4305.2
97510
5.5.6 6th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
5715.8
105800
5.5.7 7th Energy level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
7226.8
114300
5.5.8 8th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
8857.4
125300
5.5.9 9th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
14110
134700
5.5.10 10th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
17100
144300
5.5.11 11th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
19900
169988
5.5.12 12th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
22219
189368
5.5.13 13th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
26930
76015
5.5.14 14th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
29196
86450
5.5.15 15th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
41987
97510
5.5.16 16th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
47206
109480
5.5.17 17th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
52737
122200
5.5.18 18th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
58570
134810
5.5.19 19th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
64702
148700
5.5.20 20th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
80400
171200
5.5.21 21st Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
87000
179100
5.5.22 22nd Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
93400
184900
5.5.23 23rd Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
98420
198800
5.5.24 24th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
104400
195200
5.5.25 25th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
121900
121900
5.5.26 26th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
127700
127700
5.5.27 27th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
133800
133800
5.5.28 28th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
139800
139800
5.5.29 29th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
148100
148100
5.5.30 30th Energy Level
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
154500
154500
5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.28 g/amp-hr
Rank: 22 (Overall) ▶
0.16812
8.3209
5.7 Electron Work Function
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2.14
5.65
5.8 Other Chemical Properties
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
6 Atomic
6.1 Atomic Number
6.2 Electron Configuration
[Rn] 5f6 7s2
6.3 Crystal Structure
Monoclinic (MON)
6.3.1 Crystal Lattice
6.4 Atom
6.4.1 Number of Protons
6.4.2 Number of Neutrons
6.4.3 Number of Electrons
6.5 Radius of an Atom
6.5.1 Atomic Radius
159.00 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall) ▶
112
265
6.5.2 Covalent Radius
187.00 pm
Rank: 20 (Overall) ▶
96
260
6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius
200.00 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall) ▶
139
348
6.6 Atomic Weight
244.00 amu
Rank: 19 (Overall) ▶
6.94
294
6.7 Atomic Volume
12.32 cm3/mol
Rank: 41 (Overall) ▶
1.39
71.07
6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
6.8.1 Previous Element
6.8.2 Next Element
6.9 Valence Electron Potential
64.90 (-eV)
Rank: 21 (Overall) ▶
8
392.42
6.10 Lattice Constant
618.30 pm
Rank: 4 (Overall) ▶
228.58
891.25
6.11 Lattice Angles
NA
6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.567
1.886
7 Mechanical
7.1 Density
7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
19.82 g/cm3
Rank: 13 (Overall) ▶
0.534
40.7
7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
16.63 g/cm3
Rank: 8 (Overall) ▶
0.512
20
7.2 Tensile Strength
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
2.5
11000
7.3 Viscosity
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.001526
0.001526
7.4 Vapor Pressure
7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 26 (Overall) ▶
2.47E-11
121
7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
2.20 (Pa)
Rank: 12 (Overall) ▶
2.62E-10
774
7.5 Elasticity properties
7.5.1 Shear Modulus
43.00 GPa
Rank: 18 (Overall) ▶
1.3
222
7.5.2 Bulk Modulus
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.6
462
7.5.3 Young's Modulus
96.00 GPa
Rank: 21 (Overall) ▶
1.7
528
7.6 Poisson Ratio
0.21
Rank: 32 (Overall) ▶
0.032
0.47
7.7 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
8 Magnetic
8.1 Magnetic Characteristics
8.1.1 Specific Gravity
19.84
Rank: 7 (Overall) ▶
0.53
4500
8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
8.1.3 Permeability
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.25643E-06
0.0063
8.1.4 Susceptibility
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
-0.000166
200000
8.2 Electrical Properties
8.2.1 Electrical Property
Poor Conductor
8.2.2 Resistivity
1.46 nΩ·m
Rank: 54 (Overall) ▶
0.18
961
8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.01 106/cm Ω
Rank: 64 (Overall) ▶
0.00666
0.63
8.2.4 Electron Affinity
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0
222.8
9 Thermal
9.1 Specific Heat
0.13 J/(kg K)
Rank: 39 (Overall) ▶
0.11
3.6
9.2 Molar Heat Capacity
35.50 J/mol·K
Rank: 3 (Overall) ▶
16.443
62.7
9.3 Thermal Conductivity
6.74 W/m·K
Rank: 69 (Overall) ▶
6.3
429
9.4 Critical Temperature
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
26.3
3223
9.5 Thermal Expansion
46.70 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 6 (Overall) ▶
4.5
97
9.6 Enthalpy
9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
344.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 25 (Overall) ▶
7.32
799.1
9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
2.82 kJ/mol
Rank: 58 (Overall) ▶
2.1
35.23
9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
360.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 26 (Overall) ▶
61.5
837
9.7 Standard Molar Entropy
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
9.5
198.1