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Plutonium is in the family of actinides, period 7.
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Is plutonium an alloy?
No, plutonium is not mined. Plutonium can be found accompanying uranium minerals but only in insignificant traces. Plutonium is obtained as an industrial product in nuclear reactors.
What elements are found in nuclear fuels?
Uranium, sometimes plutonium, oxygen
What time period is the fossil turritella found in?
The fossil turritella, a type of marine snail, has been found in rocks that date back to the Paleogene period. This period spanned from approximately 66 to 23 million years ago.
What is plutonium abundance earth's crust?
Only a trace of plutonium is naturally found in the earth's crust. And it is always found with uranium because it is made by uranium's spontaneous fission, neutron release, and the subsequent neutron capture by another uranium nucleus to form the plutonium atom. Plutonium is not formed by the death of a star in a super nova like uranium is. Uranium is the heaviest element formed in that event. That's why there isn't any plutonium around as an ore. Just the trace amounts found with uranium. We're lucky there isn't a lot of plutonium around. It is highly toxic owing to its hightly radioactive nature. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on plutonium.
Why is plutonium found in nuclear reactors?
Plutonium is a by product of nuclear reactions of uranium in a nuclear reactor. An example of reaction is: 23892U + n-------23992U-------23993Np + e--------23994Pu + e
What period is plutonium found in?
Plutonium is in the family of actinides, period 7.
What group or period is plutonium in?
Plutonium is a member of the actinoids family.
In what form is plutonium found?
Plutonium is a solid metal.
What is plutonium period number?
The atomic number of plutonium is 94.
Is there a poem about plutonium?
You can found three short poems about plutonium at this link.
Is plutonium found in liquid?
After melting at 639,4 0C plutonium become a liquid.
What state is plutonium found in at room temperature?
Plutonium is a solid at room temperature.
Why did the US shut down the production of plutonium 238 in the 1980s?
In this period plutonium-238 from Russia was cheaper.
Were is plutonium found?
An insignificant amount of plutonium exists in nature. Mostly, plutonium is obtained from nuclear reactions caused by humans.
What is the period for plutonium in the periodic table?
It is in the actinides period (separate lower section of Period 7).
Where is plutonium found in nature?
Natural isotopes of plutonium exist only in traces in uranium ores.
Is plutonium an alloy?
No, plutonium is not mined. Plutonium can be found accompanying uranium minerals but only in insignificant traces. Plutonium is obtained as an industrial product in nuclear reactors.
