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What contains plutonium?

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Plutonium is an artificial element; traces (extremely low) of plutonium isotopes of natural origin exist in uranium ores. Plutonium is used in nuclear weapons and nuclear fuels.

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How can you use plutonium in a sentence?

There's no plutonium here. I haven't even seen any plutonium, recently.


What things have plutonium?

That may be a difficult question if you are referring to what contains plutonium then nuclear bombs and missiles contain plutonium


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Plutonium a very explosive element.


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Plutonium has the same composition as uranium, except for the fact that it contains one more neutron and one more proton. Actually Plutonium-239 has 2 more protons and 2 more neutrons than Uranium-235.


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Plutonium is a reactive metal and can react with the majority of other chemical elements: hydrogen, oxygen, halogens, carbon, sulfur, nitrogen, selenium, boron, phosphorous, silicon, etc.


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Some plutonium chemical compounds; plutonium dioxide, plutonium nitride, plutonium carbide, plutonium nitrate, plutonium trifluoride, plutonium chloride, etc.


Which element N S Pu or Cl contains the least moles of atoms in a 5.0g sample?

Number of moles = mass / molar mass, so the answer is the one with the greatest molar mass. This is plutonium.


What are some example of plutonium?

Examples are: plutonium metal, isotope Pu-238, plutonium dioxide, plutonium sulfide, plutonium nitrate, plutonium carbide etc.


What is the common compound in plutonium?

Examples: PuO2, plutonium nitrate, plutonium carbide, plutonium chloride, plutonium fluoride etc.


What are the chemical properties of plutonium?

Plutonium chemical properties:- plutonium is a reactive metal: the Pauling electronegativity is 1,28- plutonium is flammable- plutonium has six allotropes- plutonium in compounds has valences from 2 to 7- plutonium is very toxic


How is plutonium composed?

Pure plutonium contain only plutonium atoms.


Is plutonium magnetic?

Plutonium is only paramagnetic.