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What are biological uses for plutonium?
Plutonium hasn't any biological use.
What isotopes of plutonium are natural?
Plutonium has no natural isotopes. All plutonium isotopes are artificially produced through nuclear reactions.
What are the different charges of plutonium?
Plutonium has all valences between 1 and 8.
What is plutonium gender?
No gender for the name plutonium. All English nouns are of common gender.
What is the difference between plutonium weapon and uranium weapons?
The obvious difference is a plutonium weapon uses plutonium as its fuel while a uranium weapon uses uranium as its fuel, however there are also composite weapons that use both as their fuel. Plutonium, being produced in reactors has some degree of plutonium-240 and plutonium-241 as undesired contaminates that can cause a fizzle. So weapons made with plutonium must be assembled much more rapidly than uranium weapons. So uranium weapons can use either gun or implosion rapid assembly systems, but weapons using any amount of plutonium must use implosion rapid assembly systems.
Is plutonium produced only in breeder reactors?
No, plutonium is obtained in all the types of nuclear reactors.
What is Plutonium 241 and its uses?
Plutonium-241 is an isotope of plutonium with a half-life of about 14 years. It is used primarily in batteries for spacecraft and military applications due to its heat-producing decay process. It is also a source of neutrons for various scientific research purposes.
What is plutonium used for in everyday life?
Plutonium is primarily used in nuclear reactors to produce energy and in nuclear weapons for military purposes. It is not commonly used in everyday life due to its highly radioactive and toxic nature.
What is the difference between nuclear bomb and plutonium bomb?
A nuclear bomb is any bomb with any nuclear or atomic material inside it, while a plutonium bomb is a specific type of nuclear bomb. Plutonium could be the nuclear material inside the bomb, and if it is, it's a plutonium bomb.
What do all the compounds in plutonium have in common?
All are radioactive materials.
Are all isotopes of plutonium radioactive?
yes
What do the nuclei of different plutonium isotopes have in common?
The nuclei of different plutonium isotopes all contain 94 protons, which define the element as plutonium. The isotopes differ in the number of neutrons they contain, resulting in different atomic masses for each isotope.
