What is pluton made of?

Answer 1

A very small amount of plutonium is found in nature. The majority of it is produced artificially.

The majority of plutonium is made in nuclear reactors:

1. uranium-238 captures a neutron, becoming uranium-239
2. uranium-239 undergoes beta decay, becoming neptunium-239 (halflife 23.5 minutes)
3. neptunium-239 undergoes beta decay, becoming plutonium-239 (halflife 2.33 days)
4. plutonium is then chemically separated from the remaining uranium, neptunium, etc.

Answer 2

Plutonium, being reactive, can be combined with many elements: oxygen, hydrogen, halogens, nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, silicon, selenium, tellurium, etc.

Also plutonium alloys are well known.

Answer 3

Most plutonium in use in the world is man made. It is very rare and hard to find compared to Uranium, since its half-life is much shorter than Uranium; but can be synthesized in a reaction process out of Uranium.

Answer 4

Plutonium is an element (atomic number 94, Pu). So what elements make up plutonium? Plutonium itself! And what atoms make up a chunk of plutonium? Plutonium itself! But plutonium, like all other atoms is made up of neutrons (with certain exceptions), protons, and electrons (under certain exceptions). A normal plutonium atom has 94 electrons, 94 protons, and 150 neutrons.

Answer 5

Pluton is the solidified form of magma that has cooled and solidified beneath the Earth's surface. It is primarily made of igneous rock, such as granite, diorite, and gabbro, which form through the crystallization of magma deep within the Earth's crust.

Answer 6

Plutonium is made out of plutonium. Plutonium is an element,

not a combination of other elements.

Answer 7

Plutonium is obtained in nuclear reactors from uranium:

238

92U + 0n ------92239 U------ β ----- 93239 Np------- β --------23994Pu