Plutonij

94
Pu
Skupina
n/a
Perioda
7
Blok
f
Protoni
Elektroni
Neutroni
94
94
150
Opća svojstva
Atomski broj
94
Relativna atomska masa
[244]
Maseni broj
244
Kategorija
Aktinoidi
Boja
Srebrna
Radioaktivan
Da
Imenovan po planetu Plutonu
Kristalna struktura
Jednostavna monoklinska
Povijest
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.
Elektrona po ljusci
2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2
Elektronska konfiguracija
[Rn] 5f6 7s2
Pu
The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 had a plutonium core
Fizikalna svojstva
Agregacijsko stanje
Čvrsto
Gustoća
19,816 g/cm3
Talište
912,55 K | 639,4 °C | 1182,92 °F
Vrelište
3501,15 K | 3228 °C | 5842,4 °F
Toplina taljenja
n/a
Toplina isparavanja
325 kJ/mol
Specifični toplinski kapacitet
-
Zastupljenost u Zemljinoj kori
n/a
Zastupljenost u svemiru
n/a
A
Izvor slike: Wikimedia Commons (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
A ring of weapons-grade 99.96% pure electrorefined plutonium, enough for one bomb core
CAS broj
7440-07-5
PubChem CID broj
23940
Atomska svojstva
Atomski radijus
159 pm
Kovalentni radijus
187 pm
Elektronegativnost
1,28 (Paulingova ljestvica)
Potencijal ionizacije
6,0262 eV
Atomski volumen
12,32 cm3/mol
Toplinska vodljivost
0,0674 W/cm·K
Stanja oksidacije
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Primjene
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
Izotopi
Stabilni izotopi
-
Nestabilni izotopi
228Pu, 229Pu, 230Pu, 231Pu, 232Pu, 233Pu, 234Pu, 235Pu, 236Pu, 237Pu, 238Pu, 239Pu, 240Pu, 241Pu, 242Pu, 243Pu, 244Pu, 245Pu, 246Pu, 247Pu