What is the charge on plutonium atom?

Answer 1

Nuclear fission of some isotopes release a great quantity of energy.

Plutonium is a fissile material (isotopes 239Pu and 241Pu); it is used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

Also Pu(alpha,n)Be is a source of neutrons and Pu is used as power or heat source.

Answer 2

An atom of plutonium-239 (he most common isotope) contain 94 protons, 94 electrons and 145 neutrons. For other isotopes the number of neutrons is different.
Number of neutrons = Mass number of an isotope - Atomic number of the element

Answer 3

Plutonium applications:

- fuel for nuclear reactors

- explosive for nuclear weapons

- neutron source

- isotopic power source

- isotopic heat source

- in the past, power source for pacemakers

Answer 4

An atom of plutonium-239 has 94 protons and electrons and 145 neutrons. For the other isotopes the number of neutrons is different.

Answer 5

Plutonium has 94 protons, 94 electrons and a variable number of neutrons (different for each isotope of Pu).

The electronic configuration of the plutonium atom is: [Rn]5f67s2

Answer 6

The atom of plutonium is neutral; only the ions have an electrical charge.

Answer 7

The charge on a plutonium atom is typically +3, which means it has 3 more protons than electrons. This gives it an overall positive charge.