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Plutonium is an unstable, radioactive metal, and it is a solid any anything around room temperature. It won't be a liquid or gas. If the question is aimed at which allotrope of (refined) plutonium is normal, it could be alpha phase. This could be inferred from the phase diagram. But plutonium makes transitions so easily between phases, and because the mechanism behind allotropic phase transition in plutonium is not clearly understood, this may not be entirely true. Certainly according to the phase diagram, it should be alpha, but tell that to the engineers and machinists who shape it to make weapons. It is usually alloyed with a bit of gallium to stabilize it in delta phase. Links are provided to relevant articles posted by our friends at Wikipedia, where knowledge is free.

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