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Plutonium
Plutonium




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Periodic Table

Symbol

Pu

Group Number

0
Rank: 18 (Overall)
0 17
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Period Number

7
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2 7
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Block

f block

Element Family

Actinide

CAS Number

7440075
Rank: 72 (Overall)
7429905 54386242
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Space Group Name

P121/m1

Space Group Number

11.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
11 229
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Facts

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.

Sources

Mining, Ores of metals

History

Who Discovered

Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan

Discovery

In Between 1940 1941

Abundance

Abundance In Universe

Not Available
5E-09 0.11
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Abundance In Sun

Not Available
1E-08 0.1
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Abundance In Meteorites

Not Available
1.7E-07 22
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Abundance In Earth's Crust

Not Available
9.9E-12 8.1
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Abundance In Oceans

Not Available
2E-23 1.1
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Abundance In Humans

Not Available
1E-13 1.4
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Uses

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.

Industrial Uses

Aerospace Industry, Ammunition Industry

Medical Uses

NA

Other Uses

Alloys

Biological Properties

Toxicity

Toxic

Present in Human Body

7% - Actinide Series Metals

In Blood

0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 37 (Overall)
0 1970
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In Bone

0.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 36 (Overall)
0 170000
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Physical

Melting Point

639.50 °C
Rank: 63 (Overall)
27 3410
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Boiling Point

3,235.00 °C
Rank: 24 (Overall)
147 5660
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Appearance

Physical State

Solid

Color

Silvery White

Luster

NA

Hardness

Mohs Hardness

Not Available
0.2 8.5
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Brinell Hardness

Not Available
0.14 3490
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Vickers Hardness

Not Available
121 3430
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Speed of Sound

2,260.00 m/s
Rank: 41 (Overall)
818 16200
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Optical Properties

Refractive Index

Not Available
1.000933 1.7229
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Reflectivity

Not Available
58 97
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Allotropes

No - Actinide Series Metals has it !

α Allotropes

Not Available

β Allotropes

Not Available

γ Allotropes

Not Available

Chemical

Chemical Formula

Pu

Isotopes

Known Isotopes

20
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0 38
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Electronegativity

Pauling Electronegativity

1.28
Rank: 33 (Overall)
0.7 2.54
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Sanderson Electronegativity

Not Available
0.22 2.56
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Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.22
Rank: 26 (Overall)
0.86 1.82
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Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

Not Available
0.62 2.48
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Allen Electronegativity

Not Available
0.659 2.7
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Electropositivity

Pauling Electropositivity

2.72
Rank: 21 (Overall)
1.46 3.3
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Ionization Energies

1st Energy Level

584.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 61 (Overall)
375.7 26130
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2nd Energy Level

1,128.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 72 (Overall)
710.2162 28750
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3rd Energy Level

2,084.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 71 (Overall)
1600 34230
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4th Energy Level

3,338.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 59 (Overall)
2780 37066
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5th Energy Level

Not Available
4305.2 97510
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6th Energy Level

Not Available
5715.8 105800
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7th Energy level

Not Available
7226.8 114300
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8th Energy Level

Not Available
8857.4 125300
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9th Energy Level

Not Available
14110 134700
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10th Energy Level

Not Available
17100 144300
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11th Energy Level

Not Available
19900 169988
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12th Energy Level

Not Available
22219 189368
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13th Energy Level

Not Available
26930 76015
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14th Energy Level

Not Available
29196 86450
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15th Energy Level

Not Available
41987 97510
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16th Energy Level

Not Available
47206 109480
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17th Energy Level

Not Available
52737 122200
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18th Energy Level

Not Available
58570 134810
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19th Energy Level

Not Available
64702 148700
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20th Energy Level

Not Available
80400 171200
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21st Energy Level

Not Available
87000 179100
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22nd Energy Level

Not Available
93400 184900
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23rd Energy Level

Not Available
98420 198800
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24th Energy Level

Not Available
104400 195200
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25th Energy Level

Not Available
121900 121900
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26th Energy Level

Not Available
127700 127700
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27th Energy Level

Not Available
133800 133800
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28th Energy Level

Not Available
139800 139800
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29th Energy Level

Not Available
148100 148100
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30th Energy Level

Not Available
154500 154500
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Electrochemical Equivalent

2.28 g/amp-hr
Rank: 22 (Overall)
0.16812 8.3209
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Electron Work Function

Not Available
2.14 5.65
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Other Chemical Properties

Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity

Atomic

Atomic Number

94
Rank: 24 (Overall)
3 117
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Electron Configuration

[Rn] 5f6 7s2

Crystal Structure

Monoclinic (MON)

Crystal Lattice

Atom

Number of Protons

94
Rank: 24 (Overall)
3 117
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Number of Neutrons

150
Rank: 11 (Overall)
4 184
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Number of Electrons

94
Rank: 24 (Overall)
3 117
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Radius of an Atom

Atomic Radius

159.00 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall)
112 265
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Covalent Radius

187.00 pm
Rank: 20 (Overall)
96 260
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Van der Waals Radius

200.00 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall)
139 348
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Atomic Weight

244.00 amu
Rank: 19 (Overall)
6.94 294
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Atomic Volume

12.32 cm3/mol
Rank: 41 (Overall)
1.39 71.07
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Adjacent Atomic Numbers

Previous Element

Next Element

Valence Electron Potential

64.90 (-eV)
Rank: 21 (Overall)
8 392.42
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Lattice Constant

618.30 pm
Rank: 4 (Overall)
228.58 891.25
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Lattice Angles

NA

Lattice C/A Ratio

Not Available
1.567 1.886
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Mechanical

Density

Density At Room Temperature

19.82 g/cm3
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0.534 40.7
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Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

16.63 g/cm3
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0.512 20
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Tensile Strength

Not Available
2.5 11000
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Viscosity

Not Available
0.001526 0.001526
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Vapor Pressure

Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

0.00 (Pa)
Rank: 26 (Overall)
2.47E-11 121
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Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

2.20 (Pa)
Rank: 12 (Overall)
2.62E-10 774
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Elasticity properties

Shear Modulus

43.00 GPa
Rank: 18 (Overall)
1.3 222
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Bulk Modulus

Not Available
1.6 462
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Young's Modulus

96.00 GPa
Rank: 21 (Overall)
1.7 528
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Poisson Ratio

0.21
Rank: 32 (Overall)
0.032 0.47
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Other Mechanical Properties

Ductile, Malleable

Magnetic

Magnetic Characteristics

Specific Gravity

19.84
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0.53 4500
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Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

Permeability

Not Available
1.25643E-06 0.0063
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Susceptibility

Not Available
-0.000166 200000
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Electrical Properties

Electrical Property

Poor Conductor

Resistivity

1.46 nΩ·m
Rank: 54 (Overall)
0.18 961
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Electrical Conductivity

0.01 106/cm Ω
Rank: 64 (Overall)
0.00666 0.63
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Electron Affinity

Not Available
0 222.8
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Thermal

Specific Heat

0.13 J/(kg K)
Rank: 39 (Overall)
0.11 3.6
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Molar Heat Capacity

35.50 J/mol·K
Rank: 3 (Overall)
16.443 62.7
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Thermal Conductivity

6.74 W/m·K
Rank: 69 (Overall)
6.3 429
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Critical Temperature

Not Available
26.3 3223
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Thermal Expansion

46.70 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 6 (Overall)
4.5 97
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Enthalpy

Enthalpy of Vaporization

344.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 25 (Overall)
7.32 799.1
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Enthalpy of Fusion

2.82 kJ/mol
Rank: 58 (Overall)
2.1 35.23
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Enthalpy of Atomization

360.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 26 (Overall)
61.5 837
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Standard Molar Entropy

Not Available
9.5 198.1
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