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Plutonium, 94Pu |
Plutonium |
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Pronunciation | (Template:Respell) |
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Appearance | silvery white, tarnishing to dark gray in air |
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Mass number | [244] |
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Plutonium in the periodic table |
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Atomic number (Z) | 94 |
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Group | n/a |
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Period | period 7 |
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Block | f-block |
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Electron configuration | [Rn] 5f6 7s2 |
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Electrons per shell | 2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2 |
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Physical properties |
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Phase at STP | solid |
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Melting point | 912.5 K (639.4 °C, 1182.9 °F) |
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Boiling point | 3505 K (3228 °C, 5842 °F) |
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Density (near r.t.) | 19.85 (239Pu)[1] g/cm3 |
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when liquid (at m.p.) | 16.63 g/cm3 |
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Heat of fusion | 2.82 kJ/mol |
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Heat of vaporization | 333.5 kJ/mol |
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Molar heat capacity | 35.5 J/(mol·K) |
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Vapor pressure
P (Pa)
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1
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10
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100
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1 k
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10 k
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100 k
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at T (K)
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1756
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1953
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2198
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2511
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2926
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3499
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Atomic properties |
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Oxidation states | +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, +7, +8 (an amphoteric oxide) |
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Electronegativity | Pauling scale: 1.28 |
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Ionization energies | |
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Atomic radius | empirical: 159 pm |
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Covalent radius | 187±1 pm |
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Spectral lines of plutonium |
Other properties |
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Natural occurrence | from decay |
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Crystal structure | monoclinic |
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Speed of sound | 2260 m/s |
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Thermal expansion | 46.7 µm/(m·K) (at 25 °C) |
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Thermal conductivity | 6.74 W/(m·K) |
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Electrical resistivity | 1.460 µΩ·m (at 0 °C) |
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Magnetic ordering | paramagnetic |
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Young's modulus | 96 GPa |
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Shear modulus | 43 GPa |
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Poisson ratio | 0.21 |
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CAS Number | 7440-07-5 |
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History |
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Naming | after dwarf planet Pluto, itself named after classical god of the underworld Pluto |
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Discovery | Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan (1940–1) |
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Main isotopes of plutonium |
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Category: Plutonium | references |
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References
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- ↑ Calculated from the atomic weight and the atomic volume. The unit cell, containing 16 atoms, has a volume of 319.96 cubic Å, according to Siegfried S. Hecker (2000). "Plutonium and its alloys: from atoms to microstructure" (PDF). Los Alamos Science. 26: 331.. This gives a density for 239Pu of (1.66053906660×10−24g/dalton×239.0521634 daltons/atom×16 atoms/unit cell)/(319.96 Å3/unit cell × 10−24cc/Å3) or 19.85 g/cc.
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