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Applications of plutonium: • explosive in nuclear weapons • nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors • the isotope 238Pu is used as energy source in spacecrafts or other applications (radioisotope thermoelectric generators); the chemical form is plutonium dioxide. • neutron generator, as Pu-Be source Some characteristics of plutonium are:- isotopes Pu-239 and Pu-241 are fissile
- Pu is a metal
- is radioactive
- is an artificial element
- is toxic
- is paramagnetic
- melting point: 639,4 0C
- boiling point: 3 228 0C
- heat of fusion: 2,82 kJ/mol
- Pauling electronegativity: 1,28
- possible valences: 1 to 8 (an exceptional situation)
- electron configuration: [Rn]5f67s2
- empirical atomic radius: 159 fm
- crystalline structure: monoclinic
- thermal conductivity: 6,74 W/m.K
- electrical resistivity: 1,46 μΩ.m
- density: 19,816 g/cm3
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