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How is plutonium poisonous?
Plutonium has a chemical toxicity but the most important is the internal irradiation from inhaled or ingested plutonium compounds; for example only 20 mg plutonium inhaled can kill you.
What would happen if Pluto was made of plutonium?
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.
Why is plutonium most hazardous when inhaled in particulate form?
Inhaled fine powders are absorbed in lungs and are the cause of lung cancers.
If you had a six pack size of plutonium and it was in a fire what would happen?
Oxidizing of plutonium to oxides PuO and PuO2.
What would happen if you inhaled xenon?
Xenon is a harmless gas but it is also an anaesthetic.
Why do gases that make less than 1 percent of the atmosphere affects so much?
Quantity and impact are not linearly related. A microscopic amount of plutonium, if inhaled, is likely to kill you while rooms full of "normal" air will have no ill effect.Quantity and impact are not linearly related. A microscopic amount of plutonium, if inhaled, is likely to kill you while rooms full of "normal" air will have no ill effect.Quantity and impact are not linearly related. A microscopic amount of plutonium, if inhaled, is likely to kill you while rooms full of "normal" air will have no ill effect.Quantity and impact are not linearly related. A microscopic amount of plutonium, if inhaled, is likely to kill you while rooms full of "normal" air will have no ill effect.
How long does it take for plutonium to kill you?
This depends on many factors: your age, your general health, internal or external irradiation, quantity of plutonium ingested or inhaled, the chemical form of plutonium, the physical form of plutonium, the dose equivalent, etc. But be sure that plutonium is very toxic and radioactive - it is an important danger without precautions.
Could a particle of plutonium travel on the wind from japan to America and be inhaled and increase that persons cancer risk?
yes
What would happen after you inhaled if you had no bronchial tubes?
Air would just flow into your lungs, but nothing would take it in. You would suffocate.
What happen when plutonium is heated?
Heated plutonium react rapidly wit oxygen resulting the oxides PuO and PuO2.
What would plutonium taste like?
Plutonium has not taste or odor.
What has the author Kathleen Rhoads written?
Kathleen Rhoads has written: 'Dosimetry of inhaled plutonium-239 dioxide in rodent lung' -- subject(s): Aerosols, Radioactive, Effect of radiation on, Lungs, Plutonium in the body, Radioactive Aerosols, Toxicology, Tumors
