Plutonium is made by the activation of uranium by neutrons. A shaped amount of refined uranium is lowered into an operating nuclear reactor, and the sample is bathed in the neutron flux of the operating reactor. Uranium atoms capture a neutron (via neutron absorption) and transform into plutonium.
There are several ways to create plutonium. One is neutron absorption of uranium, followed by two stages of beta decay ...
92238U + 01N --> 92239U --> Beta- --> 93239Np --> Beta- --> 94239Pu
... leaving out the electrons and the electron antineutrinos.
Another way is deuteron bombardment ...
92238U + 12D --> 93238Np --> Beta- --> 94238Pu
... again, leaving out the electrons and the electron antineutrinos.
Plutonium is obtained in nuclear reactors by nuclear reactions as:
238U + n-------239U-------239Np + e--------239Pu + e
Washing machines doesn't contain plutonium.
Plutonium is only paramagnetic.
The atomic number of plutonium is 94.
In a metal container there are mechanical and electronic components, explosives and of course uranium or plutonium.
At room temperature plutonium is a solid metal.
Plutonium is not obtained it must be made.
We cannot buy plutonium; the transfer of plutonium is strictly controlled.
Plutonium is not mined; it is a man made element.
Yes, plutonium is an artificial element.
If it is man made, plutonium is prepared by human beings in nuclear reactors and recycling plants.
Washing machines doesn't contain plutonium.
Yes, plutonium is an artificial element, man made.
Fantasy. Plutonium kills humans.
Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element; practically all plutonium is man made - in the nature plutonium is extremely rare.
Plutonium was discovered in USA (Berkeley) by Glenn Seaborg and Edwin McMillan in 1940.
Plutonium was discovered in USA (Berkeley) by Glenn Seaborg and Edwin McMillan in 1940.
Plutonium doesn't occur in nature as far as we know, but if Pluto were made of solid Plutonium, nothing would happen. Pluto is not near anything that might be affected.