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  • Its a metal.
  • It is an Alpha emitter.
  • It has the most different phases in its solid state (5) of any known material, including one that contracts with rising temperature.
  • It is fissile.
  • It is pyrophoric (burns spontaneously in air) when finely divided.
  • It oxidizes readily and so must be plated with another metal when used.
  • Pieces of any "usable" size are typically several degrees warmer than human body temperature due to radioactive decay heating.
  • The most useful metallic form at room temperature range is an alloy of 3% gallium with 97% plutonium.
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